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Each value Trefle shows for Acer saccharum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced11 Source not recorded9 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Marshall	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Arbust. Amer.: 4 (1785)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1785	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Sugar maple	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	SE. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A. and NE. Mexico	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	1140 cm	1140 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 463 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 184, 199, 241, 252, 431, 662, 708, 818, 873, 925	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 181 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 925	Sourced
Flower color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	coarse	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Growth form	Single Stem	Single Stem · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth habit	Tree, Shrub	Tree, Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth rate	Slow	Slow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Maximum height	empty	3700 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 184, 199, 241, 252, 431, 662, 708, 818, 873, 925	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 222 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 424, 460, 759, 818, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 143 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 67, 89, 94, 96, 110, 130, 444, 445, 822	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.9	pH 7.9 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 3.7	pH 3.7 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	106 cm	106 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 339, 432, 662, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	20.2 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 235 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 79, 412, 424, 981	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	fuelwood, lumber, naval_stores, veneer · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	Deep · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Acer saccharum Marshall, 1785 31% complete

Sugar maple

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