Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum Marshall - Maple family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 100.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree, Shrub

Features

Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Brown

Bloom Time: Mid Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Species depending on Sugar Maple: Acleris chalybeana, Acronicta americana, Acronicta dactylina, Acronicta retardata, Actias luna luna, Alsophila pometaria, Amphipyra pyramidoides, Anacamptodes ephyraria, Antaeotricha leucillana, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Archips cerasivorana, Besma endropiaria, Besma quercivoraria, Caloptilia umbratella, Cameraria aceriella, Cameraria saccharella, Campaea perlata, Catastega aceriella, Choristoneura fractivittana, Choristoneura rosaceana, Crocigrapha normani, Dasychira dorsipennata, Dasychira obliquata, Dasychira plagiata, Dichomeris ligulella, Dryocampa rubicunda, Eacles imperialis, Ennomos subsignaria, Erannis tiliaria, Euclea delphinii, Eutrapela clemataria, Glaucolepis saccharella, Halysidota tessellaris, Heterocampa biundata, Heterocampa guttivitta, Hyalophora cecropia, Hypagyrtis unipunctata, Hypena baltimoralis, Hyphantria cunae, Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria, Lithophane antennata, Lithophane bethunei, Lithophane innominata, Lithophane laticinerea, Lomographa vestaliata, Lophocampa caryae, Lophocampa maculata, Lycia ursaria, Lymantria dispar, Lytrosis unitaria, Macaria loricaria julia, Macaria pustularia, Machimia tetoriferella, Macrurocampa marthesia, Malacosoma americana, Malacosoma disstria, Melanolophia canadaria, Morrisonia confusa, Morrisonia latex, Nadata gibbosa, Nematocampa limbata, Olethreutes appendiceum, Olethreutes glaciana, Olethreutes nigranum, Operophtera bruceata, Operophtera brumata, Orgyia antiqua, Orgyia leucostigma, Orthosia garmani, Orthosia revicta, Paleacrita vernata, Palthis angulalis, Pandemis canadana, Pandemis lamprosana, Pandemis limitata, Paraclemensia acerifoliella, Parallelia bistriaris, Peridea basitriens, Peridea ferruginea, Phigalia titea, Phobetron pithecium, Phyllonorycter clemensella, Phyllonorycter lucidicostella, Plagodis alcoolaria, Plagodis serinaria, Pococera asperatella, Probole amicaria, Prolimacodes badia, Proteoteras aesculana, Proteoteras moffatiana, Protoboarmia porcelaria, Pseudosciaphila duplex, Pyrrharctia isabella, Schizura ipomoeae, Schizura unicornis, Sparganothis acerivorana, Sparganothis niveana, Sparganothis pettitana, Spilosoma virginica, Symmerista canicosta, Symmerista leucitys, Synanthedon acerni, Synanthedon acerrubri, Tetracis cachexiata, Tortricidia flexuosa, Tortricidia pallida

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • MEX:  Mexico Northeast
  • CAN:  Ontario, Québec
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.