Maple Trees
The maple is a deciduous tree that produces brilliant colours in the autumn. Popular trees are the Paperbark, Autumn Blaze, Red, Japanese, Norway, Silver, Sugar, and Crimson King maple. The sap of the maple is turned into maple syrup. The botanical word for maple is Acer. There are many varieties of the maple tree and they are hardy plants.
Information and facts await, below are links to the most popular maples. In the trees picture gallery there are photographs of knockout maples.
Autumn Blaze Maple Tree
The Autumn Blaze is a hybrid maple, it naturally occurs where the parents grow together and making a larger tree. The autumn blaze maple tree has become a very popular tree in the United States. This tree has the vigour of the silver maple, and the beauty of the red maple. Follow the link above for more information and facts about the Autumn Blaze tree.Red Maple Tree
The Red Maple Tree, Acer rubrum is one of the most abundant and widespread deciduous trees in eastern north America. The red maple is correctly named as its flowers, twigs and seeds are all red to some degree. Follow the link above for more information and facts about the Red Maple tree.Canadian Maple tree
This Canadian Maple is used commercially for maple syrup production and is used for its medium to high quality timber. As with all maples, they are deciduous and the leaves of the Canadian Maple turn a brilliant red in autumn. Follow the link above for more information and facts about the Canadian maple tree.Japanese Maple Tree
The Japanese Maple, can be a large shrub or small tree, the leaves are a bright green and are 5 or 7 lobed. The trees produce their best in well drained moist loam soil, and sheltered from cold winds. Follow the link above for more information and facts about the Japanese maple tree.Silver Maple Tree
The Silver Maple or Acer saccharinum tree is a species of maple native to North America. It is one of the most common trees in the United States. The Acer saccharinum is a fast growing deciduous tree with 5 lobed leaves, which are silvery white underneath. Follow the link above for more information and facts about the Silver Maple tree.Norway Maple Tree
The Norway Maple or Acer platanoides tree is a fast growing large tree, clusters of yellow flowers appear in April. Acer platanoides or Norway Maple is a species of maple native to Europe and the Caucasus. Follow the link above for more information and facts about the Norway Maple tree.Paperbark Maple Tree
The Paperbark Maple or Acer griseum is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree. It is a beautiful small tree and during the autumn the leaves give a gorgeous display of red and scarlet. Follow the link above for more information and facts about the Paperbark Maple tree.Crimson King Maple Tree
The Crimson King Maple tree is an attractive large tree with leaves of deep crimson-purple and with deep yellow flowers that are tinged red. Follow the link above for more information and facts about the Crimson King Maple tree.Sugar Maple Tree
The Sugar Maple or the Acer saccharum tree is a species of maple native to north America, this is a large ornamental deciduous tree. The leaves have five palmate lobes. Follow the link above for more information and facts about the Sugar Maple tree.A tree, such as a Maple, 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 Maple is Acer.
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