Acer saccharum
Sugar maple · also Rock maple, Sugar tree, Sweet maple
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The Sugar Maple is a deciduous tree native to hardwood forests of eastern Canada and the eastern United States. It is renowned for its brilliant autumn foliage and as the primary source of maple syrup. This species is highly valued as an ornamental and shade tree, offering a dense canopy.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 27,7208.6%9.5 yr5.5 in
- 12,9431.9%—6.7 in
- 4,7781.8%—7.1 in
- 4,4261.3%17 yr11 in
- 4,0292.0%—11 in
- 3,5968.1%—2.4 in
- 3,0896.6%—6.7 in
- 3,0041.9%5.9 yr9.8 in
- 2,5040.34%—11 in
- 2,4303.3%3.8 yr4.7 in
- 2,0830.68%—3.0 in
- 1,8472.5%—7.9 in
- 9260.79%33 yr14 in
- 8511.0%—9.1 in
- 8030.07%—5.3 in
- 3420.11%—2.4 in
- 2822.4%—7.9 in
- 2161.8%—17 in
- 1930.10%—14 in
- 1440.32%12 yr2.4 in
- 870.02%—1.2 in
- 750.02%3.1 yr2.4 in
- 610.01%47 yr15 in
- 280.08%—2.0 in
- 120.00%24 yr5.9 in
- 110.01%13 yr2.0 in
- 100.00%—3.9 in
- 80.05%16 yr7.7 in
- 50.01%37 yr6.3 in
- 50.00%—1.9 in
- 20.00%—13 in
- 10.00%—38 in
- 10.00%—9.1 in
- 10.00%—5.3 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 50–60 ft
- Canopy spread
- 35–50 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 6.3 in, mean 9.0 in, 90th percentile 21 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Interior Plateau US Hardwood Forests
Other Acer in the catalogue
50 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
