SugarMaple

Sugar Maple //Acer saccharum// Audio pronunciation here in the fall time. The size of the leaf is about 4.5 inches long and 3.5 inches wide. Majority of the Sugar Maple leaves are 5 lobed with a rounded space between. flowers and other large maple trees. 1. Sap can be boiled for syrup 2. Winter browse, food, for white-tailed deer, moose, snowshoe hare etc. 3. The leaves have high levels of calcium, magnesium and potassium. ||~ ||
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 * Close up of Sugar Maple leaves || Sugar Maple Roots || Sugar Maple Range with surroundings ||
 * **Leaf**: Green in the spring time yet turn red, orange or yellow
 * Trunk**: Skinny, light brown with light green moss
 * Root**: Thick going in all different directions
 * Form**: Tall tree with small trunk and small branches and plenty of leaves.
 * Fruit**: Appears in the fall. 1-1 1/4 inches long. Browned colored.
 * Bark**: Light gray bark with rough ridges. Deep and large roots.
 * Location**: Upper Beach Valley Trail near a creek
 * Habitat**: freestanding near flowers and small grasses
 * Range:** Mosty in Northeastern U.S. yet can go as far as Florida and Canada
 * Surrounding Areas:** The Sugar Maple was surrounded by small grasses with
 * Toxitaity**: none
 * Economic/Ecological Importance:**

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