Common Name:

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Acer saccharinum

Family:

Sapindaceae

Form:

Size:

Life Span:

Flower Color:

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

Noted For:

Recommended Uses:

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

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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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/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Soil or Other Substrate:

Loam, Sand

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

8A, 8B

Wildlife:

The seeds 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).

Native Habitats:

Floodplains

Natural Range in Florida:

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Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Fall foliage color is yellow. While used extensively as a street tree in the north, this fast-growing species has relatively weak wood.