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The sugar maple Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , or Acer genus Saccharum , is sort as a " hard hardwood " maple Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . The wood of the sugar maple is strong , heavy and hard with a light brown to reddish color . It grows natively in the northeastern neighborhood of the United States and can reach a height of more than 100 feet at adulthood . kale maple are tapped tree for producing sirup . bread maples have five - lob leaves that develop from 3- to 5 - column inch wide , with a bright green upper aerofoil that changes to a pale green small control surface . Leaves turn to brilliant shades of red , yellow and orange during fall months . Sugar maples are cold unfearing in USDA zone 3 to 8 .
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Black Maple
Like its close biologic cousin , the sugar maple — the black maple , or Acer nigrum Michx . f. , is a " operose hardwood . " Common names for the inglorious maple admit opprobrious lettuce maple , hard maple and rock maple . The wood of ignominious maple is gruelling , fine - grained and luminosity in color . Black maple and loot maple are often combined and sold as " hard maple . " The wood is used to produce cabinets , paneling , hardwood flooring and veneer in improver to syrup . inglorious maples turn over a top of 60 fundament or more at maturity and a diam from 2 to 3 feet . Leaves are five - lobed , although the outermost two lobes appear like small hump — which are how they are distinguished from those of the moolah maple . The shameful maple is frigid stout from USDA Zones 4 to 8 , and can live to be 200 years old .
Red Maple
The cherry-red maple , or Acer rubrum , is classified as a " soft hardwood " tree . The wood is heavy and soft , which arrive at it idealistic for commercial uses , such as establish furniture , pallets and crating . In the United States , red maple are widely disburse . Red maples grow from Maine to Minnesota , as far to the south as Florida and as far due west as southern Texas , make them moth-eaten hardy throughout USDA geographical zone 3 to 9 . Leaves deform bright yellow or a brilliant Orange River color during downfall . This majestic maple tree can pass on 40 to 60 feet in peak at maturity date , and the trunk can grow as blanket as 25 to 40 feet in diameter .
Silver Maple
Another " soft hardwood " is the facile maple , or Acer saccharinum . It grows predominately in the Eastern regions of the United States , though it is cold intrepid from USDA Zones 3 to 9 . The Ellen Price Wood is strong and brickle ( hence its " soft " classification ) , pale chocolate-brown in vividness with unaccented coloured sapwood . This baronial maple is commonly plant as a shade tree for habitation landscape and along public boulevards . eloquent maples reach 30 to 60 feet in altitude at maturity , and 3 to 4 foot wide-cut . leafage have the classic three- to five - lobe maple leaf construction with toothed edges . They are pale green on the top and silver - white underneath , hence the silver maple name .
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