Sugar Maple

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Sugar Maple

The Sugar Maple tree, Acer Saccharum, is one of our most majestic deciduous trees. It is excellent for large shade or lawn locations. The Sugar Maple has a dense crown with glossy dark green, heavily waxed leaves. It is one of our best trees for fall color when leaves turn brilliant red or yellow-orange. It is very shade tolerant and can grow easily under canopy created by older trees. The Sugar Maple is very drought tolerant, long-lived, and grows best in deep, fertile, well-drained soils. The sap of the Sugar Maple is often collected in the spring to make many flavorful confections. Does not do well in restricted root zone. It has majestic, brilliant fall color and dense shade. ... more info

 

American Beech These beech trees have thin, smooth blue-gray bark. This deciduous species has leaves that are a beautiful dark green in the summer and turn to a golden brown fall color. American Beech trees have a slow to moderate growth rate.

Sugar Maple