The sugar maple tree or acer saccharum is classified as a hard hardwood maple tree.
List hardwood maple trees.
In the fall this variety of maple tree s bright green lobed foliage changes to deep scarlet and orange.
You can easily identify a hardwood from a conifer.
Certain species found in america have been cited as at least 400 years old.
Plant this red maple tree in full sun or partial shade.
There are approximately 128 species most of which are native to asia with a number also appearing in europe northern africa and north america only one species acer laurinum extends to the southern hemisphere.
The guide to american hardwood species.
Trident maple grows slowly so it rarely needs pruning.
Acer ˈ eɪ s ər is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples the genus is placed in the family sapindaceae.
Silver maple this tree is close behind the sugar maple in terms of being the most prolific tree in north america.
Hardwood trees usually have broad flat leaves as opposed to coniferous needled or scaled tree foliage another name for a hardwood tree is appropriately broadleaf.
This guide features 20 of the most abundant and most often used hardwood species.
It grows natively in the northeastern regions of the united states and can reach a height of more than 100 feet at maturity.
Hardwood trees such as oak maple cherry and walnut may contain veneer logs which is wood with a visually appealing grain.
Most hardwood trees are deciduous trees which lose their leaves annually like elm or maple.
Most but not all hardwoods are deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year.
Softwood comes from a conifer cone bearing or evergreen trees such as pine or spruce.
Resistant to air pollution trident maple is a good choice for street side plantings.
A sugar maple s wood is the most dense of all maple wood and is used frequently in furniture and flooring.
Maple hard north american 1450 rosewood bolivian 1780 maple ivory 1500 bamboo carbonized 1800 maple soft 999 hickory 1820 merbau 1925 pecan 1820 mesquite 2345 yellowheart 1820 oak tasmainian 1010 kenpass 1854 olivewood brazilian 3700 jarrah australian 1915 padauk 1725 bubinga 1980 patagonian rosewood 3840 purpleheart 1860 2090 pecan.
Also note that black maple not pictured isn t quite as hard as its close relative hard maple and ranks in the mid range with a hardness of 1 180 lb f.
As a resource american hardwoods are abundant renewing and sustainable and an excellent choice for eco effective design and building.
With leaves that look very similar to the sugar.
Most timber buyers harvest trees and either sell them to sawmills or operate their own sawmills and produce wood products including construction ready lumber pulp products sawdust and more.
Taking the hardness data within context of other hardwoods soft maple may be used as a valid substitute for hard maple in most situations where a hardwood of moderate density is called for.
