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$189.00
Sugar maple
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- Features:Foliage: Classic, palmately lobed (typically 5 lobes) with pointed tips and smooth, U-shaped sinuses between them. The leaves are deep green in summer, turning brilliant shades of yellow, orange, and scarlet in autumn.Flowers: Inconspicuous, pale yellow-green flowers in dangling clusters appear in early spring with the leaves.Fruit: Paired, winged seeds (samaras) that mature from green to brown.Bark: Young bark is smooth and gray, maturing to become dark gray with long, irregular, vertical ridges that curl outward.Habit: A large, deciduous shade tree with a dense, oval to rounded crown and a straight, central trunk.
- Mature Height: 40-120 ft.
- Mature Width: 30-60 ft.
- Growth Rate: Slow to moderate
- Light Needs: Full sun to partial shade
- Key Advantages:Unsurpassed, brilliant fall color.Sap is the primary source for maple syrup
.Strong, valuable wood.Long-lived and majestic shade tree.The iconic maple leaf featured on the Canadian flag - Landscape Uses:Majestic lawn or park shade tree.Specimen tree for large landscapes.Forestry and sugar bush operations