| Accepted name: |
Acer saccharum Marshall |
| Synonym(s): |
-Acer saccharum glaucum (F. Schmidt) Sarg.
-Acer nigrum saccharophorum (K. Koch) Clausen
-Acer nigrum glaucum (F. Schmidt) Fosberg
-Acer saccharum Marshall ssp. saccharum
-Acer saccharophorum K. Koch
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| English names: |
Sugar Maple
Hard Maple
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| French names: |
Érable à sucre
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| OPL Code: |
WACESA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.1 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Main production of maple syrup today in southern Ontario and Quebec for sweets, cakes, ice-cream etc. Forest-tree with highly valued hard and solid timber for furniture and musical instruments in eastern North America(1). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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