Sugar Maple
Scientific Name:Acer saccharum
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NOTES: Deciduous shade tree with reliable fall color. Sweet sap tapped in late winter for making maple syrup. Winged, paired seeds, called samaras, spin to the ground like tiny helicopters. MADBUCK.   
MADBUCK: Maple, Ash, Dogwood, and Buckeye) acronym for Ohio's four native trees with opposite leaves/branching.

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Sugar Maple
Genus species: Acer saccharum
Common Name: Sugar Maple
Family Name: Sapindaceae  
    Alternate Family Name (Synonym): Aceraceae  
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Tree
Flower Color:Yellow
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Nature Playscape
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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