Acer saccharum Marsh. (sugar maple), top branches, leaves, fall color
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digital color photograph
Born digital
Photographic image
2005 – 2012
Acer saccharum Marsh. (sugar maple), leaves are opposite simple 3-6" long and across 3- to 5-lobed acuminate cordate slightly coarsely toothed with narrow and deep sinuses, variable but generally dark green above glabrous or pubescent and often pale green to gray-green below, petiole is 2-3" long, summer leaf color is usually a medium to dark green (not as dark as A. platanoides or A. nigrum), fall color is brilliant yellow or burnt orange or limited red tones
