Acer saccharum
Species
- Sugar maple
- Black maple
- Acer nigrum
- Acer skutchii
- Mexican sugar maple
- Acer saccharum subsp. ozarkense
- Cloud forest sugar maple
- Acer saccharum var. rugellii
- Acer saccharum subsp. schneckii
Acer saccharum, otherwise known as sugar maple, is a trees, trees plant species native to Alabama.
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Appearance
- Bloom color
- yellowGreen
- chartreuse
- cornsilk
- orange
- yellowGreen
- chartreuse
- silver
- gray
- Foliage
- Grown for foliage
- Deciduous
- Good Fall Color
- Grown for foliage
- Deciduous
- Good Fall Color
- Provides winter interest
- Grown for foliage
- Deciduous
- Good Fall Color
- Deciduous
Space
Dimensions
Acer saccharum can grow up to 12m tall12
- Spacing
- 9
- 12
- 6
- 9
- 9
- 12
Sun
- Optimal
- Full
- Partial
- Full
- Partial
- Full
- Partial
Water
- Optimal
- Mesic
- Mesic
- Mesic
Soil
- Soil PH Requirements
- 6.1
- 7.5
- 5.6
- 7.5
- 6.1
- 7.5
- 7.9
- 8.5
Time
- Bloom
- Mid Spring
- Mid Spring
- Mid Spring
- Bloom Time
- Non-patented
- Non-patented
- Non-patented
- Non-patented
Reproduction
- Seed Collecting
- Seed does not store well; sow as soon as possible
- Allow seedheads to dry on plants; remove and collect seeds
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- Patent information
- From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall
- From woody stem cuttings
- From softwood cuttings
- From semi-hardwood cuttings
- From seed; stratify if sowing indoors
- From seed; direct sow after last frost
- By grafting
- By budding
- From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall
- From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall