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Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)

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Range

Leaves with deeply cut lobes and silvery undersides, fluttering in the slightest wind; growing (naturally) in lowlands and moist areas.

by Michael Kuo

Habitat: In moist areas, usually in riverine ecosystems.

Stature: 60-80 feet high; to 3 feet in diameter; often splitting into 2 or more main trunks; when mature featuring a broad, rounded crown.

Leaves: 4-7 inches long; simple; with 5 deeply cut lobes separated by V-shaped sinuses; smooth; light green above; silvery to whitish below.

Bark: Gray; at first smooth, becoming cracked-scaly.

Fruit: A green "helicopter" about 2 inches long, appearing before the leaves in spring.

Sources: Preston, R. J. (1989). North American Trees. Ames: Iowa State UP. Mohlenbrock, R. H. (1973). Forest Trees of Illinois. Illinois: Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources.

Frequent Mushroom Associates:

Polyporus squamosus, and others.

Further Online Information:

Silver Maple USFS Fact Sheet (PDF file)
Silver Maple at Trees of Western NC

 		 

Acer saccharinum

Acer saccharinum

Acer saccharinum



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