Common Name: Sugar MapleScientific Name Genus: AcerIdentification NotesPrefer a fertile, well-drained, slightly acidic soil in full sun to part shade. Not tolerant of road salt, soil compaction, or pollution.Native HabitatZones 3-8, eastern North America Growth HabitOval to rounded, 40-80' x 30-60' Leaves3-6" long & wide; 3-5 lobes; Narrow, deep sinuses; slightly toothed, medium green with paler green underside; Not as wide as A. platanoides; Fall color is yellow-orange (sometimes red) ; Sap from broken petiole clear (A. platanoides is milky) Bark and StemsBark on young trees is smooth gray-brown becoming deeply furrowed with age; long irregular rides or plates, sometimes scaled; bark can be highly variable; Hard, pointed, terminal bud, dark brown - gray Flowersgreenish, before leaves, 1-3" long pendulous pedicels Fruit2-winged samara; 1-1 ¾" long; horseshoe shape; green maturing to brown Varieties or Cultivars'Goldspire''Green Mountain''Newton Sentry' Related SpeciesAcer rubrumQuercus rubraZelkova Landscape Usesshade tree or specimen tree