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§1 Plant

Acer saccharinum L.

vernacular silver maple — species · Aceraceae

USDA
ACSA2
GBIF
3189837
Rank
species
silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Aceraceae Juss.
Genus
Acer
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,307 counties across 39 states/territories
Legend Native · 1307 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Low
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-47 °F minimum
Frost-free days
120 min.
Precipitation
20–70 in/yr
pH range
4–7.3
Root depth
32 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
90 ft
Height @ 20 y
45 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
1,610
Propagation
seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
Yes
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
Yes
Fuelwood
Medium
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,307 counties across 39 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 28 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 70 N ▾
California view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 102 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 68 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 23 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 58 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 116 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 26 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 47 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 47 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 40 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 113 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 29 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 82 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 45 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 57 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 43 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 70 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 6 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 45 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ACSA2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3189837 ↗

Record version

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