BLACK MAPLE
ACER NIGRUM
Acer saccharum subsp. nigrum
photo courtesy of WIKI-CC Douglas Goldman
Genus: ACER
Protected Series:
Height: 70 Feet Tall
Spread: 30-40 Feet Wide
Color: yellow fall color
Full Sun Plants
Full Sun Deciduous Tree Plants
Deciduous Tree
Zone: 5
#0664
ACER NIGRUM
Grower Notes:
The Black Maple is a large, deciduous tree native to the Eastern and Central US with a dense, rounded crown. It is considered a subspecies of the Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum subsp. Nigrum). It is very similar to the Sugar Maple, but better suited for hot, dry summers. It has hanging clusters of greenish yellow flowers that appear when the leaves emerge. The green leaves tend to be hairier than the Sugar Maple and turn yellow shades in fall rather than orange.
The Black Maple is more tolerant to moist soils than the Sugar Maple who cannot tolerate them. It thrives in full sun and moist, fertile, well-drained soils.
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(Acer) Maple Varieties:
Amur | Big Tooth | Black | Box Elder | Full Moon | Fernleaf Full Moon | Hedge | Henry | Japanese | Japanese-Laceleaf | Korean | Manchurian | Miyabe | Norway | Paperbark | Red | Red/Silver | Shantung | Shebold | Shirasawas | Silver | Striped | Sugar | Sycamore | Tatarian | Trident | Vine
Other Deciduous Trees
Available cultivars in this genus:
