Black Maple
Acer nigrum
Black maple is a close cousin of sugar maple with drooping, dark green leaves and the same brilliant yellow-orange fall display. A long-lived shade and syrup tree tolerant of heavier, drier soils.
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 50–75 ft
- Spacing
- 40–60 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, pollinators
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~297 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV