Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple)

Yellow, orange and occasionally red fall color. Does best in the shade with good, well-drained, moist garden soil. Plant in the shade of others (Elms) in older subdivisions (>25 years). Plus, February and March are maple syrup time.

Associates: Actaea pachypoda (White Baneberry), Allium tricoccum (Wild Leek), Carex plantaginea (Plantain Wood Sedge), Carpinus caroliniana (Blue Beech), Carya cordiformis (Bitternut Hickory), Celtis occidentalis (Hackberry), Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman’s Breeches), Erythronium albidum (White Trout Lily), Hepatica acutiloba (Sharp-Lobed Hepatica), Hydrophyllum virginianum (Virginia Waterleaf), Juglans nigra (Black Walnut), Lindera benzoin (Spicebush), Liriodendron tulipfera (Tulip Tree), Ostrya virginiana (Ironwood), Phlox divaricata (Blue/Woodland Phlox), Podophyllum peltatum (Mayapple), Prunus serotina (Wild Black Cherry), Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry), Quercus rubra (Red Oak), Ribes missouriensis (Missouri gooseberry), Sambucus canadensis (Elderberry), Sambucus pubens (Red Elderberry), Solidago caesia (Blue-stemmed Godenrod), Solidago flexicaulis (Zig-Zag Goldenrod), Tilia americana (American Linden), Trillium grandiflorum (Large-Flowered Trillium), Trillium recurvatum (Prairie or Red Trillium), Viburnum acerifolium (Maple-leaved Viburnum)

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Attracts

Birds

Fall Colors

Orange, Red, Yellow

Spread

30-60'

Sun

Partial, Shade

Tree Size

40-80'

Water

Medium