The black and white image to the right is how the seed pods are arranged on the twig in relation to the leaf.We already know the Sugar Maple is a broadleaf. It is 3 and 1/2 to 5 and 1/2 inches long and wide.
It is in the shape of the palm of the hand and is appropriately named Palmately Lobed.
It has 5 main veins from the base that appears best on the reverse side of the leaf. The reverse side is a far paler color than the front side, It also has 5 deep, long and pointed lobes to the leaf. The leaf stalk is long and often hairy. It is a dull green color that varies from pale to dark green.Sugar Maple leaves turn from yellow to orange to red in the autumn/fall.
The Sugar Maple's habitat is moist soils of uplands and valleys.
The Sugar Maple is a very hardy tree and is used for maple syrup. It is stated the Native Indians taught the Colonists how to tap the tree and refine the maple syrup. Each tree yields between 5 to 60 gallons of say per year. It takes about 35 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup or 4 and 1/2 pounds of sugar.
