There are thirteen native maple species in North America (Table 3-1). While most of these species are probably tapped to some extent, at least by hobbyists, sugar and black maple, along with red maple (Acer rubrum), provide most of the commercial sap.
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Black maple (Acer nigrum), also called black sugar maple, hard maple, or rock maple, is closely related to sugar maple (A. saccharum) in habit, range, and quality and use of wood. Black maple grows on a variety of soils, but most commonly on moist soils of river bottoms in mixed hardwood forests.
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Acer nigrum ( Black Maple ) is a species of maple closely related to A. saccharum (Sugar Maple), and treated as a subspecies of it by some authors, as Acer saccharum subsp. nigrum (F.Michx....
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black maple Aceraceae Acer nigrum Michx. f. symbol: ACNI5 ... USDAFS Silvics of North America - USDA Plants Database; Acer nigrum is native to North America. Range may be expanded by planting. See states reporting black maple (opens a new window).
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The Black Maple is similar in appearance to its close relative the Sugar Maple. The older bark of the Black Maple, however, is darker gray or even blackish. The bark of both trees is deeply furrowed. The Black Maple grows in moist soils of mixed hardwood forests.
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Information about the Black Maple. ... The black maple is very similar to the sugar maple and is often mistaken for it. ... The leaves are three to five lobes, but with the lobes sharp pointed and not so deeply cut as the sugar maple. The leaves are dull green above and yellow-green below with soft hairs,
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Black Maple - Acer nigrum ... The black maple is found over most of Iowa, usually on low lands and moist slopes. It is very similar to the sugar maple and is often mistaken for it. ... The leaves are three to five lobes, but with the lobes sharp pointed and not so deeply cut as the sugar maple. The leaves are dull green above...
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Black Maple; Hard Maple; (Acer nigrum) ... Black maple is very similar in all respects to sugar maple, and thus is often misidentified as sugar maple. The key differences separating these two species are black maple's wider and drooping leaves, longer leaf stalk (petiole), and waxy coating on twigs greater than two years old.
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Describes physical characteristics and provides photos of entire tree, leaf, bark, twig, and fruit.
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