PLANTS Profile for Acer saccharum (sugar maple)

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PLANTS Profile

Acer saccharum Marshall
sugar maple

Symbol:

ACSA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Aceraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Acer saccharum Marshall

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Distribution:
Acer saccharum Marshall


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Acer saccharum Marshall

View 1 genera in Aceraceae, 27 species in Acer or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Acer saccharum Marshall var. saccharum. .

Acer saccharum var. saccharum
sugar maple

Distribution of Acer saccharum Marshall var. schneckii Rehder. .

Acer saccharum var. schneckii
sugar maple

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Acer saccharum Marshall

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Sapindales
Family	Aceraceae – Maple family
Genus	Acer L. – maple
Species	Acer saccharum Marshall – sugar maple

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Acer saccharum Marshall

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