Sugar Maple

[thewoodlands]

This small sugar maple was growing in a arc plus it had very few leaves so I decided to take it.



zap

 

[golfandwoodnut]

It was an ugly one, so a good take. Zap, can you, or someone tell me how to tell the difference in the maples. I can tell a maple, but sugar, hard, red. What are the tell tale signs?

 

[kestrel]

Red maple leaves are serrate (teeth along the edges), sugar maple leaves are not serrate, silver maple leaves have deep cuts in the lobes and have a two-tone appearance, white or silvery below and green on the top side of the leaf. Works for me anyway. Than there's also Norway maple which makes it a bit trickier.

 

[rdust]

Zap, can you, or someone tell me how to tell the difference in the maples. I can tell a maple, but sugar, hard, red. What are the tell tale signs?

I snagged this when it was posted in another thread.

 

[thewoodlands]

It was an ugly one, so a good take. Zap, can you, or someone tell me how to tell the difference in the maples. I can tell a maple, but sugar, hard, red. What are the tell tale signs?

For me it's the leaves (posted above & below ) plus on our property we have mostly Sugar (Hard) Maple, we have some Silver Maple.

Links to help tell the difference between Maples.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5954923_tell-maple-soft-maple-trees.html

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...e+side+or+the+bottom&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

http://maple.dnr.cornell.edu/kids/tree_silv.htm


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[golfandwoodnut]

Thanks for the help. I was checking some leaves and it looks like I have mostly sugar, some silver and a little red.

 

[thewoodlands]

Thanks for the help. I was checking some leaves and it looks like I have mostly sugar, some silver and a little red.

You are welcome GolfandWoodnut, the more time I spend in the woods the better I think I'm getting at tree identification then the leaves come off and it starts all over again. :cheese:

zap

 

[firefighterjake]

Thanks for the help. I was checking some leaves and it looks like I have mostly sugar, some silver and a little red.

You are welcome GolfandWoodnut, the more time I spend in the woods the better I think I'm getting at tree identification then the leaves come off and it starts all over again. :cheese:

zap

Spend enough time though and eventually you'll get pretty good at IDing the tree with the bark . . . or at least some of the more common species you run across.