Acer ˈ eɪ s ər is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples the genus is placed in the family sapindaceae.
Maple hardwood trees.
The wood of the sugar maple is strong heavy and hard with a light brown to reddish color.
The sugar maple tree or acer saccharum is classified as a hard hardwood maple tree.
The type species of the genus is the sycamore maple.
Now it may look like hard maple is heads and tails above the rest and to a certain extent it is but for reference black cherry has a janka hardness of 950 lb f the same as red maple and black walnut is rated at 1 010 lb f 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.
It grows natively in the northeastern regions of the united states and can reach a height of more than 100 feet at maturity.
Silver maple this tree is close behind the sugar maple in terms of being the most prolific tree in north america.
Most hardwood trees are deciduous trees which lose their leaves annually like elm or maple.
Acer saccharum the sugar maple or rock maple is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family sapindaceae it is native to the hardwood forests of eastern canada from nova scotia west through southern quebec central and southern ontario to southeastern manitoba around lake of the woods and the northern parts of the central and northeastern united states from minnesota.
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.
Softwood comes from a conifer cone bearing or evergreen trees such as pine or spruce.
Most but not all hardwoods are deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year.
Hardwood trees represent a group of trees that have broad leaves produce a fruit or nut are mostly deciduous and go dormant in the winter.
Some of the most popular species of hardwoods are oak maple hickory walnut and cherry trees.
A sugar maple s wood is the most dense of all maple wood and is used frequently in furniture and flooring.
You can easily identify a hardwood from a conifer.