saccharum

Legacy sugar maple Acer saccharum "Legacy" is one of the hybrids that is hardier for warmer climates than most sugar maples.

Green Scene: Questions and answers on poison ivy, sugar maples, ferns and more Joel M. Lerner 2010

Dominants often include Liriodendron tulipifera, Halesia carolina, Acer saccharum, Aesculus octandra and Prunus serotina.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, United States 2009

Some combination of sugar maple (Acer saccharum), American beech (Fagus grandifolia), and yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) characterize most hardwood forests.

New England-Acadian forests 2008

One study found that groundwater lifted by sugar maple (Acer saccharum) was used by plants up to 2.5 meters (m) away from the tree, but no effect was seen further than 5 m from the tree.

Species influences upon ecosystem function 2008

Is there NO ONE to post a simple comment to say Acer saccharum!

Autumn arrives today. Ann Althouse 2008

Stands dominated by white oak (Quercus alba), red oak (Quercus rubra), and sugar maple (Acer saccharum) occurred only on the limestone soils of steeper slopes (Williams and Fridley, 1938).

Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008

Sugar maple (Acer saccharum), an associate of the beech-hemlock type, often replaced hemlock as the major component of presettlement forests.

Allegheny Highlands forests 2007

Sugar maple (Acer saccharum), yellow birch (Betula allegheniensis) and beech (Fagus grandifolia) are more common on well-drained, higher elevation areas.

Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests 2007

Historically, the ecoregion consisted of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and beech (Fagus grandifolia), which together comprised 80 percent of the canopy in the region.

Southern Great Lakes forests 2007

To the south, in the Algonquin area, the mixedwood forest is characterized by stands of sugar maple (Acer saccharum), yellow birch, eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and eastern white pine, with beech (Fagus grandifolia) appearing on warmer sites.

Eastern forest-boreal transition 2007