Acer saccharum
Owner: Long Point Basin Land Trust
Nominator: Norfolk Environmental Stewardship Team
Height: 35.2 m (115.5 ft)
Diameter: 118.34 cm (46.6 in)
Circumference: 371.6 cm (146.3 in)
Description
The Sugar Maple is also known as hard maple or rock maple, and is one of the largest and more important of the hardwood species in North America. In Canada it is found through central and southern Ontario, southern Quebec, all of New Brunswick and all of Nova Scotia. In the United States it can be found throughout New England, New York, Pennsylvania, south to North Carolina and Tennessee, west to Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota and Kansas. Sugar maple grows on sands, sandy loans, loans, silt loans, but does best on well-drained loans. It does not grow well on dry, shallow soils and is rarely, if ever found in swamps. Associated forest cover often includes, beech, basswood, yellow birch, black cherry, white pine, and eastern hemlock. Mature trees and stands of sugar maple reach 300-400 years of age, 27-37 m in height, and 76-91 cm dbh. It is very shade-tolerant. Sugar maple is an important commercial hardwood species used for saw logs, pulpwood and firewood. It is also the principal source of maple sugar for maple syrup production. Trees are tapped in early spring for the first flow of sap which usually has the highest sugar content. The sap is collected and boiled or evaporated to a syrup. (Source: Silvics of North America)
Sugar Maple leaf
(Source: Tap My Trees)