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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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