In North America, the maple species are divided into two groups: soft maple (which includes red maple, Acer rubrum, silver maple, A. saccharinum, and bigleaf maple, A. macrophyllum) and hard maple ...

Right: a) Sugar maple (Acer saccharum, or Acer saccharinum); b) Norway maple (Acer platanoides); c) Leaves with acuminate lobes (Norway maple); d+e) Fruit wings of Norway maple. Wood engravings, ...

Mansfield in Underhill, Vermont. The sugar maple tree (Acer saccharum) has roots in everything we do. We strive to contribute to the practical and scholarly knowledge required for the success of the ...

saccharum), but Norway maple has milky petiole sap, furrowed bark, and reddish-green, rounded buds, whereas sugar maple lacks milky sap, has shaggy bark, and has brown, pointed buds. Similar ...

Often confused with sugar maples, Norway maple (Acer platanoides) also have leaves with five lobes. But unlike sugar maples, the stems of Norway maple leaves secrete a milky sap when you break them ...

Maple syrup is derived from the sap of the sugar maple tree (Acer saccharum). Boiling the sap evaporates the water, concentrating the sugars into a thick, sweet syrup. Maple syrup has an ...