Acer saccharum Marshall - Accepted: Acer saccharum Marshall bei Zander 2008; Familie: Aceraceae (Zander 2008)
Acer saccharum Marshall - Accepted: Acer saccharum Marshall bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Sapindaceae (APG III)
Acer saccharum Marshall - Accepted: Acer saccharum Marshall bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG III)
Acer saccharum Marshall - Accepted: Acer saccharum Marshall bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Sapindaceae (APG IV)
Acer saccharum Marshall - Accepted: Acer saccharum Marshall bei World Flora Online - APG IV (Angiosperms); Familie: Sapindaceae (World Flora Online - APG IV (Angiosperms))

Color of flower

greenish-yellow

Flowers

monoecious/dioecious

Flower ecology

wind-pollinated (anemophilous) and insect-pollinated (entomophilous) (bees)

Life form

large tree

Foliage persistence

deciduous

Soil conditions

preferentially in deep, moist, well-drained soils

Natural occurrence (habitat)

canyons, ravines, valleys, along streams

Constraints according radiation (light)

shade-tolerant

Life span

long-lived (up to 500 years)

Usage

used for making sugar and syrup; wood is used to make furniture, flooring and veneer, also used for gunstocks, tool handles and musical instruments

Bark

light grey to grey-brown, deeply furrowed bark

Altidudinal lower limit (sea level in m)

500

Altitudinal higher limit (sea level in m)

1,700

Nesom, G. (2006): USDA Plant Guide: Red Maple. See: https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_acru.pdf;

Pritsch, Günter et al. (2007): 200 Trachtpflanzen erkennen und bewerten.. Kosmos, Stuttgart;