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collage of Red Maple and Silver Maple

Red Maple (Acer rubrum) vs. Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)

Updated December 29th, 2019

Red and silver maple are closely related and have similar buds, but are usually easy to tell apart by leaves and growth habit. They can occur in the same habitat, but red maple occurs in a wider range of habitats. Hard-to-distinguish trees may be a hybrid: Freeman Maple (Acer ×freemanii), which occurs naturally and is also widely planted in landscaping.

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collage of Silver Maple and Sugar Maple

Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum) vs. Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)

Updated October 23rd, 2019

Silver and sugar maple are easy to tell apart by leaf, buds, and growth habit. There only slight overlap in habitat: silver maple usually grows closer to water and sugar maple on well-drained sites.

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