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Sugar Maple
Not a common tree in Central Park, the Sugar Maple is much more at home in cool, moist soil throughout New England into Canada and into the Midwest. It does not tolerate droughty, compacted soils. This is one of the trees we use to replace Norway Maple and Sycamore Maple in our woodlands, where the soil is much like that of its native habitat. The Sugar Maple’s most distinctive feature is its spectacular fall color, which sends hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts through New England each fall.
Medium to tall, up to 100 feet. Oval, with short trunk developing into several main upright branches. Dense elliptical crown.
• Flagpole Hill (west of Mall just south of 72nd Street)
• Obelisk
• Southeast of North Meadow Recreation Center
 Sugar Maple Leaf
5 rounded lobes, 3 to 6 inches long. Dark green on top, paler green underneath.
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 Sugar Maple Flower
Light yellowish-green, hanging in clusters. Appear early spring, before tree leafs out.
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 Sugar Maple Fruit
Two-winged, horseshoe-shaped samara, 1 inch long.
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 Sugar Maple Bark
Brown, darkens as tree ages, developing furrows.
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Matthew Brown, Central Park Conservancy
Neil Calvanese, Central Park Conservancy
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