![]() ![]() ![]() The mature Sugar Maple is a large tree, growing 50-70 feet tall, with a straight, single trunk, many ascending branches, and a symmetrical oval head.Sugar Maple bark lacks the distinctive narrow, white vertical strips of the Striped Maple. The bark of the Sugar Maple is smooth and gray when the tree is young, becoming irregularly furrowed, scaly, and dark gray on older trees.The leaves of the Sugar Maple also differ from those of the Striped Maple (which are uniformly and finely double-toothed) and the Mountain Maple (which are coarsely toothed).Also, the dips between the lobes of the Sugar Maple are u-shaped, while the indentations between the lobes of the Red Maple are pointy, forming a sharp "v." However, the leaves of the Sugar Maple lack the irregularly and usually double-toothed margins of the Red Maple. Both Sugar Maple and Red Maple leaves may have five lobes.Keys to identifying the Sugar Maple and differentiating it from other maples include its leaves, bark, growth habit and habitat. The leaves turn red, yellow, or orange in autumn, contributing to the brilliant palette of colors seen in September and early October in the Adirondacks. ![]() The upper surface is green in the summer the lower surface is pale green to whitish. There is a moderately deep U-shaped notch between the lobes. Each of the largest three lobes has one to several sharp-pointed tips. The leaves of the Sugar Maple usually have five squarish, shallow lobes. Like other maples, Sugar Maples have opposite, lobed leaves. Sugar Maple at the Paul Smiths VIC (19 September 2012) Sugar Maple leaves turn red, yellow, or orange ![]()
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