Botanical Name: Acer saccharinum
Common Name: Silver maple
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape erect, mostly single-trunked, fast growing tree; in youth is rather loose and open, forming large rounded canopy at maturity; bark is silver-white
Height 30-60'(100')
Spread equal
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full or partial sun
Soil acidic pH, deep loam preferred; tolerates most
Hardiness hardy (zones 1-9, 14-24); avoid dry desert winds
 
Morphology:
Leaves palmate, opposite, mostly 5-lobed with irregularly dentate or toothed margins; 3"-6" wide, petioles 2-4" long; dark green above
Flowers male and female catkins: greenish yellow; spring
Fruit a 2-winged samara: 1"-1 1/2" long
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
widely used fast-growing shade tree, for quick effects in large landscapes; has brittle wood, narrow angle of branch crotches is problem has invasive roots
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular; likes heavy watering
Fertilizing balanced, in spring; check for iron chlorosis
Pruning head high when young and develop wide-spreading branches
Pests/Diseases aphids, cottony scale, mistletoe parasite
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Eastern United States
Family: Aceraceae

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