Amazing Trees

 Silver Maple

Scientific Classification 

Scientific Name - Acer saccharinum

Domain               - Eukaryota

Kingdom             - Plantae

phylum               - Antophyta 

Class                    - Dicotyledoneae

Order                  - Sapindales

Family                - Sapindaceae

Genus                 - Acer

Species               - A.saccharinum

Silver maple 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, rive maple, silver leaf maple, swamp maple, water maple and white maple. Silver maple, is a species of flowering plant in the scapberry and lychee family sapindaceae. 

In North America there are is native species. The silver maple extends from Marine and New Brunswick in the east, through Southern Quebec and Ontario, west to Minnesota and South Dakota. It also extends South Through Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma to Louisiana. It is native to Eastern North America and is often found in flood plains, a long streams or rivers, or low lying woodlands.

Usually, silver maple live between 100 and 125 years, depending on their environment. However, silver maple in urban settings have a much shorter lifespan at just 35 to 65 years. Among the maple trees mentioned, silver maple is more fragile and susceptible to disease and shortened lifetime. The silver maple is a large tree that can grow to be 35m tall with a trank that's more than 100cm in diameter. It light green leaves are 15 to 20cm long, with 5 or 7 lobes.

It can be used in flooring, making paper, and can be used for firewood. Silver maple can be turned in to timber which is sold with red maple as lumber. The sap from the silver maple can be used to make light syrup which contributes to the northeastern state large syrup industry. The silver maple helps in hydraulic lift which redistributes soil water. It draws water from lower soil layers and emits the water into upper drier soil layers. This not only benefits the tree itself, but also many other plants growing around it. 

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