Acer saccharinum
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Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
8A 8B
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Silver Maple
Sapindaceae
Plant Specifics
Size: | 75-100 ft tall by 35-50 ft wide | |
Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
Flower Color: | Red turning greenish-yellow | |
Fruit Color: | Brown | |
Phenology: | Deciduous. Flowers before leafing out in late winter - early spring. | |
Habitats: | Floodplains. |
Landscaping
Recommended Uses: | Specimen tree. Frequently used as a street tree as tolerant of root disturbance. Fall color is yellow. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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Moisture Tolerance: | Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Spray Tolerance: | Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil/Substrate: | Loam, Sand |
Wildlife
The are important food for squirrels during late winter/early spring. Budburst comes during the critical late winter-spring period when stored food supplies of squirrels are exhausted.
Important as a beaver food source in areas where it is common. May be important to wood ducks.
Attracts bees.
Larval host for Cecropia silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia).