- The Maple Tree -

Maple is a large, fast growing deciduous tree that provides abundant shade and beautiful fall foliage.

Height : often 80 feet or more tall.

Diameter : up to 3 feet (0.9 m).

It has a large, dense and rounded crown and is one of the giants of the forest.

The fruits of the sugar maple are called winged samaras and appear before the tree leafs out in early spring. You may have played with them as a schoolchild - we called them helicopters and dropped them from heights to watch them whirligig to the ground.

Its leaves are opposite, palmately lobed and deciduous.

Deeply furrowed grey bark which turns almost black when wet.