Acer saccharum

Sugar maple
Sugar maple foliage
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Genus:	Acer
Species:	A. saccharum
Binomial name
Acer saccharum Marshall
Natural range of Acer saccharum
Synonyms
Acer barbatum auct. non Michx. Acer barbatum f. commune Ashe Acer floridanum (Chapm.) Pax Acer hispidum Schwer. Acer leucoderme Small Acer nigrum F. Michx. Acer nigrum var. glaucum (Schmidt) Fosberg Acer nigrum subsp. saccharophorum (K.Koch) R.T.Clausen Acer palmifolium Borkh. Acer palmifolium var. concolor Schwer. Acer palmifolium f. euconcolor Schwer. Acer palmifolium f. glabratum Schwer. Acer palmifolium f. glaucum (Pax) Schwer. Acer palmifolium var. glaucum Sarg. Acer palmifolium f. integrilobum Schwer. Acer rugelii Pax Acer saccharinum var. glaucum Pax Acer saccharinum var. viride Schmidt Acer saccharophorum K.Koch Acer saccharophorum f. angustilobatum Vict. & J.Rousseau Acer saccharophorum f. conicum (Fernald) J.Rousseau Acer saccharophorum f. glaucum (Schmidt) J.Rousseau Acer saccharophorum var. rugelii (Pax) J.Rousseau Acer saccharophorum var. subvestitum Vict. & Roll.-Germ. Acer saccharum f. angustilobatum (Vict. & J.Rousseau) A.E.Murray Acer saccharum f. conicum Fernald Acer saccharum f. euconcolor Pax Acer saccharum f. glabratum Pax Acer saccharum f. glaucum (Schmidt) Pax Acer saccharum var. glaucum (Schmidt) Sarg. Acer saccharum var. glaucum Pax Acer saccharum f. hispidum (Schwer.) A.E.Murray Acer saccharum f. integrilobum Pax Acer saccharum f. pubescens Pax Acer saccharum var. quinquelobulatum A.E.Murray Acer saccharum f. rubrocarpum A.E.Murray Acer saccharum f. subvestitum (Vict. & Roll.-Germ.) A.E.Murray Acer saccharum f. truncatum Pax Acer saccharum f. villipes (Rehder) A.E.Murray Acer saccharum f. villosum Pax Acer saccharum var. viride (Schmidt) A.E.Murray Acer saccharophorum K.Koch Acer skutchii Rehder Acer subglaucum Bush Acer subglaucum var. sinuosum Bush Acer treleaseanum Bush Saccharodendron saccharum (Marshall) Moldenke

Sugar maple (A. saccharum) is best known as the source of maple syrup, produced by boiling down its sap. The sap can also be enjoyed as a beverage, and the immature leaves are also edible and are sometimes fried as momiji tempura.

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