Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Acer saccharinum

silver maple
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

silver maple

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Acer saccharinum

Familia:

Sapindaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

tree

Tamaño:

75-100 ft tall by 35-50 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

red turning greenish-yellow

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

Deciduous. Flowers before leafing out in late winter - early spring.

Destacado por:

Fall Color

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Specimen tree. Frequently used as a street tree as tolerant of root disturbance. Fall color is yellow.

Consideraciones:

Its prolific root system is notorious for invading and clogging leaky underground drainage and water lines. Susceptible to wind or ice damage due to its brittle wood.

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales

Propagación:

Can be grown from purchased saplings or from seed. Also softwood cuttings.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Not wet but not extremely dry

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Loam

pH del suelo:

Broadly tolerant

Apto para cultivo en:

8A, 8B

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Caterpillars, Mammals

Attracts bees.


Larval host for Cecropia silkmoth ( Hyalophora cecropia ).

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.

Hábitats nativos:

Floodplains.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Sap could be used for sugaring, but it's only half as sweet as the sugar maple.

Comentarios generales:

Fall foliage color is yellow. While used extensively as a street tree in the north, this fast growing species is relatively weak.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Burns, Russell M., and Barbara H. Honkala [Technical coordinators]. (1990). Silvics of North America: Volume 2. Hardwoods. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook 654. ( https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/1548 ). Accessed 2025.


Huegel, Craig N. (2010). Native Plant Landscaping for Florida Wildlife. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


University of Tennessee Extension Service. (2010). Desired pH Range and salt tolerance of common nursery plants. ( https://plantsciences.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/10/Desired-pH-Range-List.pdf ). Accessed 2025. University of Tennessee Extension, Knoxville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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