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Acer saccharum
Sugar Maple
Information by: PlantMaster Photographer:
Description
Acer saccharum, sugar maple, is a large tree native to North America. It has a dense, spreading crown, 25-40 m tall. The leaves are deciduous, opposite, 5-11 cm long and wide, with 5 shallow, blunt or short-pointed lobes, edges coarsely toothed, dark green in summer, turning intensely red, orange, or yellow in fall.
Sun
Full
Water
Medium
Growth Rate
Fast
Soil Type
Loam
Soil Condition
Average, Moist
Soil pH
Acid
Adverse Factors
Messy
Water Saving Tip:
Apply as little fertilizer as possible.
If you use fertilizer make sure it stays on the landscape, and carefully water it in so there is NO runoff.