Sugar maple is a vernacular name for:

Acer saccharum

Acer saccharum Marshall is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., in prep. f.

Hybrid parent of

Acer nigrum × Acer saccharum.

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Distribution

  • Native
  • Introduced
  • Ephemeral
  • Excluded
  • Extirpated
  • Doubtful
  • Absent
Distribution: Acer saccharum

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Classification

ClassEquisetopsida
SubclassMagnoliidae
SuperorderRosanae
OrderSapindales
FamilySapindaceae
SubfamilyHippocastanoideae
TribeAcereae
GenusAcer
SectionAcer sect. Acer
SpeciesAcer saccharum

Habit

Tree