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Arboretum
"A man does not plant a tree for himself, he plants it for posterity." - Alexander Smith
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Sugar Maple
(Acer saccharum)
Donated by
Richard Dale
Tree Map Location: #
185
In Honor of Kearney and Company
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Leaf:
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Opposite, simple and palmately veined, 3 to 6 inches long, 5 delicately rounded lobes, entire margin; green above, paler below.
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Flower:
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Light yellow-green, small, clustered, hanging from a long, slender (1 to 3 inch) stem, appearing with or slightly before the leaves in early spring.
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Fruit:
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Two-winged horseshoe-shaped samaras about 1 inch long, appearing in clusters, brown when mature in the fall.
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Twig:
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Brown, slender and shiny with lighter lenticels; terminal buds brown, very sharp pointed, with tight scales.
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Bark:
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Variable, but generally brown, on older trees it becomes darker, develops furrows, with long, thick irregular curling outward, firm ridges.
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Form:
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Medium to tall tree (to 100 feet) with very dense elliptical crown.
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Source:
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College of Natural Resource Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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To participate in the Kaskaskia College Arboretum please contact:
Office of Institutional Advancement
618-545-3069
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