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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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Where to findAcer saccharum in Maxwell Arboretum