Acer saccharum ssp. nigrumIndiana Native
Black Maple

Previously known as:  Acer nigrum
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Yellowish-green flowers in hairy, drooping pedicles
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark green leaves during summer months); Multi-Colored (Fall foilage can be orange, red and or yellow)
 Stem Notes:
Branches are gray while the twigs can be gray or brown. Has white lenticels.
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Samaras are green then brown to maturity)
 Ultimate Height:
50-75 feet feet
 Ultimate Spread:
30-50 feet feet
 Bloom Times:
 Soil Water Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers well-drained, moist, slightly acidic soils; but adapts to many types of soils including those that are slightly alkaline
 Range:
Quebec and New England to New York, West Virginia, and Kentucky, west to South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, and Arkansas
 Maintenance:
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are simple, opposite, 3-6" in length and width, broad, light to dull green, with 3 to 5 acute lobes, and drooping leaf tips. Petioles range from 3-5" long and are pubescent and usually enlarged at the base with stipules present (distinguishing it from A. saccharum).

Additional Information

The Black Maple is a close relative of the Sugar Maple. Typically, Black Maples tolerate and grow in wetter soils than the Sugar Maple, but they are equally shade tolerant. Black Maples do not tolerate salts and are therefore poor street trees. This species prefers deep, uncompacted soils.

56 Acer saccharum ssp. nigrum found

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Number Accession ID Location
12009_13776*AHORTPARK
22013_00333*AHORTPARK
32009_13774*AHORTPARK
42013_00543*AHORTPARK
Heritage Plant
52013_00381*AHORTPARK
62013_00366*AHORTPARK
72013_00424*AHORTPARK
82013_00239*AHORTPARK
92013_00275*AHORTPARK
102013_00541*AHORTPARK
112013_01007*AHORTPARK
122013_00400*AHORTPARK
132009_13781*AHORTPARK
142013_00398*AHORTPARK
152013_00195*AHORTPARK
162009_13772*AHORTPARK
172013_00346*AHORTPARK
182013_01005*AHORTPARK
192013_00238*AHORTPARK
202009_13778*AHORTPARK
212013_00268*AHORTPARK
222009_13769*AHORTPARK
232009_13770*AHORTPARK
242013_00237*AHORTPARK
252013_00570*AHORTPARK
262013_00569*AHORTPARK
272013_00379*AHORTPARK
282013_00380*AHORTPARK
292013_00157*AHORTPARK
302013_00401*AHORTPARK
312009_13779*AHORTPARK
322009_13780*AHORTPARK
332013_00539*AHORTPARK
342013_00540*AHORTPARK
352013_01006*AHORTPARK
362013_00334*AHORTPARK
372009_13782*AHORTPARK
382013_00347*AHORTPARK
392013_00278*AHORTPARK
402013_00276*AHORTPARK
412009_13777*AHORTPARK
422013_00361*AHORTPARK
432013_00369*AHORTPARK
442013_01056*AHORTPARK
452013_00345*AHORTPARK
462013_00267*AHORTPARK
472013_00256*AHORTPARK
482009_13775*AHORTPARK
492013_00542*AHORTPARK
Heritage Plant
502013_01004*AHORTPARK
512013_00382*AHORTPARK
522009_13771*AHORTPARK
532013_00571*AHORTPARK
542013_00378*AHORTPARK
552013_00432*AHORTPARK
562023_00701*AWOOD

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