Acer saccharum seeds grow into the sugar maple one of the most iconic trees of North America and the principal commercial source of maple syrup, native to the temperate biome from eastern Canada (Nova Scotia to Manitoba) south through the north-central and eastern United States. The name saccharum means ‘sugary’, directly referencing the exceptionally high sucrose content of the spring sap, which is tapped and boiled to produce Canada’s most celebrated culinary product. A large, long-lived tree developing an oval to rounded crown with five-lobed leaves that produce arguably the finest autumn colour display of any tree in the world intense flames of orange, scarlet, yellow and gold. The species is the emblem of Canada. Family Sapindaceae.
Full sun to partial shade; prefers moist, well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral soils. Slow-growing but very long-lived. Not well-suited to polluted urban soils.
Acer saccharum is Canada’s national tree and one of the world’s great deciduous species the sugar maple’s legendary autumn colour, maple syrup heritage and majestic long-lived form make it one of the most celebrated and botanically significant trees in the northern hemisphere.
IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.
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