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Acer saccharum is a deciduous tree normally reaching heights of 25–35 m (80–115 ft), [8] [9] and exceptionally up to 45 m (150 ft). [10] A 10-year-old tree is typically about 5 m (20 ft) tall. As with most trees, forest-grown sugar maples form a much taller trunk and narrower canopy than open-growth ones.
The silver maple tree is a relatively fast-growing deciduous tree, commonly reaching a height of 15–25 m (49–82 ft), exceptionally 35 m (115 ft). Its spread will generally be 11–15 m (36–49 ft) wide. A 10-year-old sapling will stand about 8 m (26 ft) tall. It is often found along waterways and in wetlands, leading to the colloquial name ...
Acer politumGreene. Acer stellatumGreene. Acer macrophyllum, the bigleaf maple[ 2 ] or Oregon maple, [ 3 ] is a large deciduous tree in the genus Acer. It is native to western North America. In addition to uses by animals, it is of some culinary and woodworking interest. Large Acer macrophyllum leaf in Washington State.
Acer floridanum (syn. Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum (Chapm.) Desmarais, Acer barbatum auct. non Michx.), commonly known as the Florida maple and occasionally as the southern sugar maple or hammock maple, is a tree that occurs in mesic and usually calcareous woodlands of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain in the United States, from southeastern Virginia in the north, south to central ...
†Acer castorrivularis Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, Beaver Creek Flora) [2] Acer caudatifolium Hayata; Acer chienii Hu & Cheng †Acer clarnoense Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, John Day Formation) [2] Acer crataegifolium Siebold & Zucc. Acer davidii Franch. †Acer dettermani Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene - Early Oligocene, Meshik Volcanics) [2] Acer ...
Saccharum spontaneum (wild sugarcane, [1] kans grass) is a grass native throughout much of tropical and subtropical Asia, northern Australia, and eastern and northern Africa. [2] It is a perennial grass, growing up to three meters in height, with spreading rhizomatous roots. [3] [4] The plant has hybridized with Saccharum officinarum, a ...
Maple syrup is a syrup made from the sap of maple trees. In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before winter; the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in late winter and early spring. Maple trees are tapped by drilling holes into their trunks and collecting the sap, which is processed by heating ...
Maple sugar is what remains after the sap of the sugar maple is boiled for longer than is needed to create maple syrup or maple taffy. [ 10 ] Once almost all the water has been boiled off, all that is left is a solid sugar. [ 10 ] By composition, this sugar is about 90% sucrose, the remainder consisting of variable amounts of glucose and ...