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This common Maple grows to a height of 50 to 70 feet and not uncommonly 110 feet in the forests. It has a trunk diameter of 5 feet and large ascending branches. The bark is a light brownish gray, usually red tinged, deeply furrowed into long perpendicular plates. The leaves have a waxy surface and vary in color from a bright, light green to a darker green above, paler with hairs on the midrib beneath. They are five-lobed (sometimes three-lobed) and have 12 lateral points. The fruit has nearly parallel wings, 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 inches long. The fruit appears every three years or so, and at this time the leaves are three lobed. The Sugar Maple is commonly found in rich woods and on rocky hillsides, especially in the north.
Information about this plant from the USDA Plants Database.
Information from the TreeGuide from Athenic Systems.
This page was last updated 11 Jun 2003.