Definition and Description of the Sugar Maple Tree
The biology of the Sugar Maple Tree and its classification is as follows:Name of Tree: Sugar Maple.
Latin name of Sugar Maple : The Latin word for the Sugar Maple Tree is Acer saccharum.
Genus: Acer (a genus is a group of closely related species)
Kingdom: Plantae.
Species: Acer saccharum.
Colours: The autumn colours are orange, gold, scarlet and crimson.
Details: The Sugar Maple or the Acer saccharum tree is a species of maple native to north America, this ia a large ornamental deciduous tree. The leaves have five palmate lobes. The autumn colour is spectacular, ranging from bright orange, gold, scarlet and crimson. The flowers are yellow-green and have no petals; flowering occurs in early spring. The seeds fall from the tree in autumn. One of America's finest autumn colouring trees. The sap from this tree is used to make maple syrup.
Geographic Location: Maple trees are generally found in east Asia, some are also found in Europe and north America.
Information and Facts about Maple Trees
- Maple, a tree of the genus Acer, of which there are more than 120 species.
- Acer saccharum, is the sugar maple, this tree is one of the finest autumn-colouring trees in America. The autumn colour varies from crimson, gold, orange and scarlet. The sap from the sugar maple is used to make maple syrup.
- The red maple is Acer rubrum. The red maple can grow into a large tree. In the autumn the leaves turn a rich red and scarlet. A Canadian maple of the greatest beauty.
- The silver maple, Acer saccharinum, is a large fast growing tree. The leaves are silvery-white underneath and when the wind blows the tree sparkles.
- The crimson king maple tree or Acer platanoides is an attractive large maple. The leaves turn a deep crimson-purple and the flowers are deep yellow.
- The common maple of Europe is Acer campestre, the sycamore maple is Acer Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is Acer platanoides.
- Maple honey, Maple molasses, or Maple syrup is maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
- Maple sugar is sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.
- The maple tree flowers are small but are quite attractive.
- Acer's are hardy trees.
Trees - Sugar Maple Tree
A tree, such as a Sugar Maple Tree, is defined as any perennial woody plant of considerable size, (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.
The parts of a tree are the roots, the trunk, the branch, the twig and the leaf. Different types of trees display various growth forms, leaf type and shape, bark characteristics.
It is estimated that there are over 100,000 tree species. A genus is a group of closely related species.
The Latin word for the Sugar Maple Tree is Acer saccharum.
