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Home › Science › Botany › Trees Native to Canada › Aceraceae

Aceraceae





Name Height Leaf Fruit Region
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
80′ – 90′, can be 130′ usually 5-lobed, wide notches, rounded at bottom, very colourful in autumn, 3″ – 5″ winged with plump seed, 1.25″ Deciduous, Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian
Black Maple
Acer nigrum
50′ 3-5 shallow lobes, wide shallow notches, 3″ – 5″ across winged with plump seed, 1.25″ Deciduous, St. Lawrence River Valley in Ontario
Bigleaf Maple
Acer macrophyllum
50′ – 70′, can be 100′ largest undivided leaf of Canadian trees, deeply 5-lobed, 6″ – 12″ winged, 1.25′ – 2.5″ Coast
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
80′ – 90′, can be 125′ 5 lobes with deep notches, 3″ – 5″ winged with thick seed, 1.25″ – 2.25″ Deciduous, southwestern Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
can be 90′, usually smaller 3-5 lobes, sharp teeth, brilliant scarlet in autumn, 3″ – 5″ across winged with swollen seed, .75″ Deciduous, Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian
Mountain Maple
Acer spicatum
can be 25′, usually a shrub 3-5 lobes, wide notches, single-toothed, 2.75″ – 3.5″ across brilliant red, turning to yellow or brown, winged, .75″ Deciduous, Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian, southern Boreal eastward from Saskatchewan
Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum
can be 40′, may be shrub 3 lobes, lobes triangular, 4″ – 7″ across winged, 1″ Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian
Douglas Maple
Acer glabrum
can be 35′, usually tall shrub 3 lobes plus 2 indistinct lobes, dull red in autumn, 3″ – 4″long and wide winged, seed portion wrinkled, 1″ central and southern British Columbia
Vine Maple
Acer circinatum
can be 30′, usually coarse shrub almost circular, 7-9 radiating lobes, lobes narrowly triangular, V-shaped notches, 2.5″ – 4.5″ red, winged, seed portion swollen, 1″ – 1.5″ Coast
Manitoba Maple
Acer negunda
40′ – 50′, can be 70′ 3-7 leaflets, shallowly lobed, 6″ – 15″ winged, seed portion elongated, 1.5″ southern Ontario to Saskatchewan




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