Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum 'Sandersville' Harvest Moon Sapindaceae

Other names

Hard Maple, Rock Maple

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Newman Meadow

Source of plant

Schmidt & Son Co.

Description

Discovered in central Georgia, the parent tree has withstood 60 years of heat and drought. It is unlike most southern southern sugar maples in that it displays a bright orange-red fall color. to 50' tall and with a 35' spread.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6

Special characteristics

foliage characteristics, food