Sapindaceae

Sugar maple

Acer saccharum Marshall

Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer

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Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) — FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (43)

Afrikaans: Suikeresdoring
Arabic: قيقب سكري
Armenian: Թխկի արծաթափայլ
arz: قيقب سكرى
atj: Irinatikw
Basque: Azukre-astigarra, Azukre-astigar
Bulgarian: Захарен явор
Catalan: Auró del sucre
Chinese: 糖枫, 糖楓, 糖槭, 東部糖楓, 石楓, 硬楓
chy: Vé'keehoohtsêstse
Croatian: Šećerni javor
csb: Cëkrzany klón
Czech: Javor cukrový
Danish: Sukker-Løn
Dutch: Suikeresdoorn, Ahorn siroop
English: Sugar maple
Esperanto: Sukeracero
Estonian: Suhkruvaher
Finnish: Sokerivaahtera
French: Érable à sucre, Érable franc, Érable franche
Galician: Pradairo azucreiro
German: Zucker-Ahorn, Kanadischer Ahorn, Kanadischer Spitzahorn, Zuckerahorn, Zuckerahorne
Greek: Σακχαρώδης σφένδαμος
Hebrew: אדר הסוכר
Hungarian: Cukorjuhar
Icelandic: Sykurhlynur
Italian: Acero canadese
Japanese: サトウカエデ, シュガーメイプル, シュガーメープル, シュガー・メイプル, シュガー・メープル, 砂糖楓
Korean: 설탕단풍, 설탕단풍나무
lah: شکر میپل
Latvian: Cukura kļava
Lithuanian: Cukrinis klevas
Macedonian: Шеќерен јавор
Norwegian Bokmål: Sukkerlønn
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sukkerlønn
Persian: افرای قندی
Polish: Klon cukrowy, Klon kanadyjski
Russian: Клён сахарный, Клен сахарный, Сахарный клен, Сахарный клён
Slovenian: Sladkorni javor
Spanish: Arce azucarero, Arce de azucar
Swedish: Sockerlönn
Ukrainian: Клен цукровий, Цукровий клен
Vietnamese: Phong đường

Synonyms

Acer barbatum f. commune Ashe
Acer hispidum Schwer.
Acer nigrum subsp. saccharophorum (K.Koch) R.T.Clausen
Acer nigrum var. glaucum (Schmidt) Fosberg
Acer palmifolium Borkh.
Acer palmifolium f. euconcolor Schwer.
Acer palmifolium f. glabratum Schwer.
Acer palmifolium f. glaucum (Pax) Schwer.
Acer palmifolium f. integrilobum Schwer.
Acer palmifolium var. concolor Schwer.
Acer palmifolium var. glaucum Sarg.
Acer saccharinum var. glaucum Schmidt
Acer saccharinum var. glaucum Pax
Acer saccharinum var. viride Schmidt
Acer saccharophorum K.Koch
Acer saccharophorum f. angustilobatum Vict. & J.Rousseau
Acer saccharophorum f. conicum (Fernald) J.Rousseau
Acer saccharophorum f. glaucum (Schmidt) J.Rousseau
Acer saccharophorum var. subvestitum Vict. & Roll.-Germ.
Acer saccharum f. angustilobatum (Vict. & J.Rousseau) A.E.Murray
Acer saccharum f. conicum Fernald
Acer saccharum f. euconcolor Pax
Acer saccharum f. glabratum Pax
Acer saccharum f. hispidum (Schwer.) A.E.Murray
Acer saccharum f. integrilobum Pax
Acer saccharum f. pubescens Pax
Acer saccharum f. rubrocarpum A.E.Murray
Acer saccharum f. saccharum
Acer saccharum f. subvestitum (Vict. & Roll.-Germ.) A.E.Murray
Acer saccharum f. truncatum Pax
Acer saccharum f. villipes (Rehder) A.E.Murray
Acer saccharum f. villosum Pax
Acer saccharum subsp. saccharum
Acer saccharum var. quinquelobulatum A.E.Murray
Acer saccharum var. saccharum
Acer saccharum var. viride (Schmidt) A.E.Murray
Acer subglaucum Bush
Acer subglaucum var. sinuosum Bush
Acer treleaseanum Bush
Saccharodendron hispidum (Schwer.) Nieuwl.

and 1 more.

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 170 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kent P. McFarland, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dan Wilder, CC0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Andrew Murray, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: oksanaetal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kent P. McFarland, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: naturalist charlie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Senna Bryce Robeson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: kristinpiston, CC0, from iNaturalist

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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.