Sapindaceae
Silver maple
Acer saccharinum
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Acer
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Common names
By language (38)
- Albanian
- Kapastra
- arz
- ايسر سكرين
- Basque
- Zilar-astigar
- Belarusian
- Клён цукрысты
- Bulgarian
- Сребърнолистен клен
- Catalan
- Auró argentat
- Chinese
- 銀楓樹, 银枫树, 银白槭, 糖槭
- Czech
- Javor stříbrný
- Danish
- Sølv-Løn
- Dutch
- Zilveresdoorn, Witte esdoorn
- English
- Silver maple, River maple, Soft maple, White maple
- Esperanto
- Arĝenta acero
- Estonian
- Hõbevaher
- Finnish
- Hopeavaahtera
- French
- Érable argenté, Erable argente, Erable argenté, Érable lacinié
- Galician
- Pradairo prateado
- German
- Silber-Ahorn, Silberahorn
- Hebrew
- אדר מכסיף
- hsb
- Běły klon
- Hungarian
- Ezüst juhar
- Icelandic
- Silfurhlynur
- Italian
- Acero saccarino
- Japanese
- シルバーメイプル, ギンカエデ, ギンヨウカエデ
- Latvian
- Sudrabkļava, Sudraba kļava
- Lithuanian
- Sidabrinis klevas
- Macedonian
- Сребренолистен јавор, Сребренолисен јавор
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sølvlønn
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Sølvlønn
- Persian
- افرای سفید
- Polish
- Klon srebrzysty
- Russian
- Клён серебристый, Клен серебристый, Серебристый клен, Серебристый клён
- Serbian
- Сребрнолисни јавор
- Spanish
- Arce blanco americano, Arce de Florida, Arce de hoja plateada, Arce del agua, Arce del azucar, Arce del rio, Arce del río, Arce plateado
- Swedish
- Silverlönn
- Turkish
- Gümüşi akçaağaç
- Ukrainian
- Клен сріблястий, Сріблястий клен
- Vietnamese
- Phong bạc
- Welsh
- Masarnen arian
Synonyms
- Acer coccineum Wender.
- Acer dasycarpum Ehrh.
- Acer dasycarpum f. albovariegatum Späth
- Acer dasycarpum f. arbusculum Schwer.
- Acer dasycarpum f. aureomarginatum Dippel
- Acer dasycarpum f. citreovariegatum Schwer.
- Acer dasycarpum f. curvatum Schwer.
- Acer dasycarpum f. heterophyllum D.Thomson
- Acer dasycarpum f. lacteum Schwer.
- Acer dasycarpum f. longifolium Späth
- Acer dasycarpum f. lutescens Späth
- Acer dasycarpum f. macrophyllum Dippel
- Acer dasycarpum f. monstrosum Schwer.
- Acer dasycarpum f. nanum Schwer.
- Acer dasycarpum f. palmatum Schwer.
- Acer dasycarpum f. pendulum (Van Houtte) Schwer.
- Acer dasycarpum f. pseudoternatum Schwer.
- Acer dasycarpum f. pulverulentum Späth
- Acer dasycarpum f. pyramidale Späth
- Acer dasycarpum f. sanguineum Schwer.
- Acer dasycarpum f. serpentinum Schwer.
- Acer dasycarpum f. tripartitum Schwer.
- Acer dasycarpum f. weiri Schwer.
- Acer dasycarpum var. aureovariegatum G.Nicholson
- Acer dasycarpum var. coloratum Wesm.
- Acer dasycarpum var. laciniatum (Pax) Schwer.
- Acer dasycarpum var. pendulum Van Houtte
- Acer dasycarpum var. subtrilobatum Schwer.
- Acer eriocarpum Michx.
- Acer heterophyllum var. laciniatum Carrière
- Acer pallidum Aiton ex Steud.
- Acer pavia Dippel
- Acer saccharinum f. ahlesii A.E.Murray
- Acer saccharinum f. purpureocarpum A.E.Murray
- Acer saccharinum f. variifolium V.V.Byalt & Firsov
- Acer saccharinum var. pseudoplatanoides Pax
- Acer saira K.Koch
- Acer tomentosum Desf.
- Acer virginianum Mill. ex Steud.
- Argentacer saccharinum (L.) Small
and 3 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 431 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: renee_mcgurk, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Senna Bryce Robeson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Senna Bryce Robeson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Sugar mapleAcer saccharumSapindaceae
- Red mapleAcer rubrumSapindaceae
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- Tatar mapleAcer tataricumSapindaceae
- Fullmoon mapleAcer japonicumSapindaceae
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- Cappadocian mapleAcer cappadocicumSapindaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.