Sugar Maple

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Cornell Class of 1938 Native Maple Slope, Urban Tree Collection

Source of plant

Princeton Nurseries, Schichtel's Nursery

Description

Dark green leathery foliage with good scorch resistance, supposedly turns scarlet in the fall but reports from the Midwest indicate that it turns yellow, and from the Pacific Northwest it turns yellowish-red. Upright oval crown; performs better than the species in dry, restricted growing areas; plants 7.2' tall and 5'wide after 4 years. Quite heat tolerant.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

environmental stress resistance, fall color