| Description | A large Maple very similar to Sugar Maple. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | yellowish |
| Fruit | samaras |
| Leaves | mostly 3 lobes, dark green, shades of yellow, orange and red in fall |
| Dimensions | large |
| Native Site | Indigenous to the northeast and upper midwest and southern Canada |
| Misc Facts | How to tell the difference:generally has (a) darker bark, (b) darker leaves that are mostly 3-lobed, droopy at the edges, and hairy underneath, and (c) leafy stipules at the bases of many of the leaf petiole () and 1) Its leaves have drooping lobes, rather than the more even lobes of Sugar Maple, 2) the margins of its leaves have fewer to no teeth, 3) its leaves typically have 3 tapering lobes, rather than 5 parallel-sided angular lobes, 4) its leaf undersides are canescent or short-pubescent, rather than glabrous or nearly glabrous, and 5) on older trees, its trunk bark tends to be more black and furrowed (#144) |
| Notes & Reference | #153-Illinois Wild Flower (www.illinoiswildflowers.info), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #181-Native Trees for North America (Guy Sternberg) |
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