UNL Gardens Acer saccharum L. Sugar Maple Aceraceae Section Acer, series Saccharodenron Introduced to Europe in 1725 Specific epithet: saccharum, with suger [note: this species is different than A. saccharinum, the Silver Maple] Native range: Eastern U.S. Culture: full sun; Sugar Maples appreciate well-drained, moist soils with at least average fertility. They are particularly sensitive to road salt. A medium/large-sized tree to 60’ with an upright, round oval crown. Flowers: pale yellow early spring corymbs Leaves: dark green above, paler beneath glabrous 3-6” across simple, palmate, 3 to 5-lobed, sharply acuminate fall color: brilliant orange and red Fruit: samara (schizocarp) yellowish>brown wings: angle U-shaped each wing 1-1.75” matures Sept.-Oct. Bark: gray; rough, long ridges and plates Twig: smooth and glabrous; green>reddish brown Buds: long, sharply pointed Maintenance: minimal Pruning: minimal Insect and Disease Problems: Landscape Use: Wildlife Use: buds, seeds, twigs-squirrels porcupines browse for deer, moose, snowshoe hare Native Use: Cherokee---infusion of bark for cramps, disentery, hives, eyewash, gynocology, sores Omaha and Winnebago---black dye Many tribes used the sap as a sweetener, including Ojibwe, Dakoya, Iroquios, Omaha, and Ponca Historical/Cultural Information: Maple syrup is a 65 million dollar a year industry in New England And Sugar Maple foliage tourism can be measured in the billion. Landscape Use: large residential lawns, parks, commercial Visit unlgardens.unl.edu Acer saccarum ‘Green Mountain’ © Emily Levine Paul Wray, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org
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Acer saccharum L. Sugar Maple AceraceaeSection Acer, series Saccharodenron
IntroducedtoEuropein1725Specificepithet:saccharum,withsuger [note:thisspeciesisdifferentthanA. saccharinum,theSilverMaple]Nativerange:EasternU.S.
Culture: fullsun; SugarMaplesappreciatewell-drained,moistsoilswithatleastaverage fertility.Theyareparticularlysensitivetoroadsalt.
Amedium/large-sizedtreeto60’withanupright,roundovalcrown.
Flowers: paleyellow earlyspring corymbs
Leaves: darkgreenabove,palerbeneath glabrous 3-6”across simple,palmate,3to5-lobed,sharplyacuminate fallcolor:brilliantorangeandred
Fruit: samara(schizocarp) yellowish>brown wings:angleU-shaped eachwing1-1.75” maturesSept.-Oct.
Bark: gray;rough,longridgesandplatesTwig: smoothandglabrous;green>reddishbrownBuds: long,sharplypointed
Maintenance: minimalPruning: minimalInsectandDiseaseProblems:LandscapeUse:
WildlifeUse:buds,seeds,twigs-squirrels porcupines browsefordeer,moose,snowshoehare
NativeUse:Cherokee---infusionofbarkforcramps,disentery,hives,eyewash, gynocology,sores OmahaandWinnebago---blackdye Manytribesusedthesapasasweetener,includingOjibwe,Dakoya,Iroquios, Omaha,andPonca
Historical/CulturalInformation: Maplesyrupisa65milliondollarayearindustryinNewEngland AndSugarMaplefoliagetourismcanbemeasuredinthebillion.
LandscapeUse:largeresidentiallawns,parks,commercial
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Acer saccarum ‘GreenMountain’©EmilyLevine
PaulWray,IowaStateUniversity,Bugwood.org
‘NewtonSentry’
‘Bonfire’‘GreenMountain’
‘Legacy’
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Acer saccharum CultivarsinMaxwellArboretum
‘Bonfire’:PrincetonNurseries/J.FrankSchmidt&Son.“vigorousgrowerwithbrilliantcarmineredautumncolor...aselectedseedlingfromopen-pollinatedseedofA. saccharum‘Columnare;’broadovalshape”(SantamourandMcArdle,Checklist).PP3817,1975MAPNUMBER1
‘Green Mountain’:PrincetonNurseries,1964,broadlypyramidal,clone;prettyreliablefallcolor.Leaveshavetwicethewaxycoatingofmostmaples.PP2339,MAPNUMBER:2
‘Legacy’:Moller’sNursery(Oregon),1981.SelectedbyW.N.Wandell.Nicedarkleaves;orange-redfallcolor.PP4979,WilletN.Wandell,1983.Oneandahalftimesthewaxyleafcoatingofothers.MAPNUMBER:3
‘Newton Sentry’:(nmaereplaces‘Columnare’)Fewascendingbranches,strongcentralleader,stubbylaterals;leavesdarkgreenandleathery,wavymargin.“FoundattheentranceofNewtonCemetery,Newton,MAandintroducedbyF.L.Temple,aCambridge,MAnurserymanaround1885-86;Templedescribedtheoriginaltreeas30’highandonly2.5’indiameteratthetop....In1983theoriginaltreewas50’high,14’wide,witha16”caliper;itisthemostuprightofallmaples...”(Dirr,Manual of Woody Landscape Plants).WorldplantexplorerDanielJ.Hinkleylists‘NewtonSentry’firstonhislistof“FiveFavoriteMaples,”Horticulture,106,no.6,Aug.-Sept.2009.Someconfusionhassurroundedthename‘NewtonSentry’;SeeMichaelDathe,“Acer sac-charum ‘NewtonSentry:SettingtheRecordStraight”inArnoldia(43)[3]29-31.MAPNUMBER:4
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