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
- 100–100 ft
- Spacing
- 40–60 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~297 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV
Related native plants
More Acer species
- Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
- Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)
- Boxelder (Acer negundo)
- Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
- Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)
- Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum)