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Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Sugar Maple is a slow-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 3-8, that matures to about 40-80 ft × 30-60 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect yellow and green blooms in spring. It attracts butterflies, moths and pollinators, stands up well to deer.
- USDA zones
- 3-8
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 40-80 ft × 30-60 ft
- Spacing
- 24-60 feet
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Foliage
- Green
- Bloom color
- Yellow, Green
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Moths, Pollinators, Small mammals, Songbirds
- Tough against
- Deer
- Native to
- Eastern North America
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