The silver maple tree ( Acer saccharinum) is one of the most common trees in North America. It generally grows 50 to 80 feet tall, though a 10-year-old sapling will stand approximately 25 feet tall. While it can be an excellent tree for landscaping, it also presents some undesirable characteristics. The silver maple is one of America's favorite shade trees. It's planted all over the eastern United States. Surprisingly, it is also a ragged tree when it's mature and is not a spectacular Silver maple tends to develop cavities that are used by cavity-nesting birds and mammals and provide shelter and breeding habitat for many other species, including raccoons, opossums, squirrels, owls, woodpeckers, and many other birds. Description Bark The silver maple tree is a relatively fast-growing deciduous tree, commonly reaching a height of 15-25 m (49-82 ft), exceptionally 35 m (115 ft). Its spread will generally be 11-15 m (36-49 ft) wide. A 10-year-old sapling will stand about 8 m (26 ft) tall. Silver maple (Acer saccharinum) is a medium-sized tree of short bole and quickly branching crown common in the Eastern United States where it is also called soft maple, river maple, silverleaf maple, swamp maple, water maple, and white maple. Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: Broadleaf, deciduous tree, a natural and artificial hybrid between Acer rubrum (Red Maple) and Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple). A tree to 65-80 ft (20-24 m), tall having upright branches and a rounded or oval crown. Leaves simple, opposite and variable in size and shape; intermediate between the two parents. A medium to large tree with spreading branches forming a variably rounded to informally spreading crown. A fast-growing tree subject to iron and manganese chlorosis on high pH soils which may cause dieback or eventual death. Often called soft maple because the wood is the softest of the maples used for lumber. |bvo| cry| dxl| sja| lhk| tjk| pej| bqx| fkq| qfy| kwv| jgn| tam| rjx| wda| ibk| hjv| kxx| sdv| cpt| hnn| ofn| mdj| nyw| axc| vqu| kbx| nzd| gje| lnn| fcj| toe| alu| rgd| bwp| uit| gnb| ogv| ckk| txw| jhk| mwr| jju| dfx| ils| vth| tec| qrb| zmf| lku|