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Taxon: Acer saccharum Marshall

Genus: Acer section: Acer series: Saccharodendron
Family: Sapindaceae subfamily: Hippocastanoideae tribe: Acereae. Also placed in: Aceraceae
Nomen number: 409105
Place of publication: Arbust. amer. 4. 1785
Name verified on: 07-Jul-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 04-Apr-2003
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • black maple   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Acer saccharum subsp. nigrum]
  • black sugar maple   (Source: Trees US [as A. nigrum]) – English   [Acer saccharum subsp. nigrum]
  • chalk maple   (Source: Trees US [as A. leucoderme]) – English   [Acer saccharum subsp. leucoderme]
  • Florida maple   (Source: Trees US [as A. barbatum]) – English   [Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum]
  • hard maple   (Source: Trees US ) – English   [Acer saccharum subsp. saccharum]
  • rock maple   (Source: Trees US [as A. nigrum]) – English   [Acer saccharum subsp. nigrum]
  • rock maple   (Source: Trees US ) – English   [Acer saccharum subsp. saccharum]
  • sugar maple   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • sugar maple   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Acer saccharum subsp. saccharum]
  • whitebark maple   (Source: Trees US [as A. leucoderme]) – English   [Acer saccharum subsp. leucoderme]
  • érable à sucre   (Source: F Canada ) – French   [Acer saccharum subsp. saccharum]
  • Zuckerahorn   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German   [Acer saccharum subsp. saccharum]
  • acero da zucchero   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian   [Acer saccharum subsp. saccharum]
  • sockerlönn   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish   [Acer saccharum subsp. saccharum]
  • svartlönn   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish   [Acer saccharum subsp. nigrum]

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario, Quebec [s.e.]
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, Utah
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Guatemala

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

More:

Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Acer saccharum Marshall:


Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?409105 (19 May 2013)

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