Aceraceae

Name Height Leaf Fruit Region

Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum 80' - 90', can be 130' usually 5-lobed, wide notches, rounded at bottom, very colourful in autumn, 3" - 5" winged with plump seed, 1.25" Deciduous, Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian

Black Maple
Acer nigrum 50' 3-5 shallow lobes, wide shallow notches, 3" - 5" across winged with plump seed, 1.25" Deciduous, St. Lawrence River Valley in Ontario

Bigleaf Maple
Acer macrophyllum 50' - 70', can be 100' largest undivided leaf of Canadian trees, deeply 5-lobed, 6" - 12" winged, 1.25' - 2.5" Coast

Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum 80' - 90', can be 125' 5 lobes with deep notches, 3" - 5" winged with thick seed, 1.25" - 2.25" Deciduous, southwestern Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian

Red Maple
Acer rubrum can be 90', usually smaller 3-5 lobes, sharp teeth, brilliant scarlet in autumn, 3" - 5" across winged with swollen seed, .75" Deciduous, Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian

Mountain Maple
Acer spicatum can be 25', usually a shrub 3-5 lobes, wide notches, single-toothed, 2.75" - 3.5" across brilliant red, turning to yellow or brown, winged, .75" Deciduous, Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian, southern Boreal eastward from Saskatchewan

Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum can be 40', may be shrub 3 lobes, lobes triangular, 4" - 7" across winged, 1" Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian

Douglas Maple
Acer glabrum can be 35', usually tall shrub 3 lobes plus 2 indistinct lobes, dull red in autumn, 3" - 4"long and wide winged, seed portion wrinkled, 1" central and southern British Columbia

Vine Maple
Acer circinatum can be 30', usually coarse shrub almost circular, 7-9 radiating lobes, lobes narrowly triangular, V-shaped notches, 2.5" - 4.5" red, winged, seed portion swollen, 1" - 1.5" Coast

Manitoba Maple
Acer negunda 40' - 50', can be 70' 3-7 leaflets, shallowly lobed, 6" - 15" winged, seed portion elongated, 1.5" southern Ontario to Saskatchewan

Name	Height	Leaf	Fruit	Region
Sugar Maple Acer saccharum	80' - 90', can be 130'	usually 5-lobed, wide notches, rounded at bottom, very colourful in autumn, 3" - 5"	winged with plump seed, 1.25"	Deciduous, Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian
Black Maple Acer nigrum	50'	3-5 shallow lobes, wide shallow notches, 3" - 5" across	winged with plump seed, 1.25"	Deciduous, St. Lawrence River Valley in Ontario
Bigleaf Maple Acer macrophyllum	50' - 70', can be 100'	largest undivided leaf of Canadian trees, deeply 5-lobed, 6" - 12"	winged, 1.25' - 2.5"	Coast
Silver Maple Acer saccharinum	80' - 90', can be 125'	5 lobes with deep notches, 3" - 5"	winged with thick seed, 1.25" - 2.25"	Deciduous, southwestern Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian
Red Maple Acer rubrum	can be 90', usually smaller	3-5 lobes, sharp teeth, brilliant scarlet in autumn, 3" - 5" across	winged with swollen seed, .75"	Deciduous, Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian
Mountain Maple Acer spicatum	can be 25', usually a shrub	3-5 lobes, wide notches, single-toothed, 2.75" - 3.5" across	brilliant red, turning to yellow or brown, winged, .75"	Deciduous, Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian, southern Boreal eastward from Saskatchewan
Striped Maple Acer pensylvanicum	can be 40', may be shrub	3 lobes, lobes triangular, 4" - 7" across	winged, 1"	Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian
Douglas Maple Acer glabrum	can be 35', usually tall shrub	3 lobes plus 2 indistinct lobes, dull red in autumn, 3" - 4"long and wide	winged, seed portion wrinkled, 1"	central and southern British Columbia
Vine Maple Acer circinatum	can be 30', usually coarse shrub	almost circular, 7-9 radiating lobes, lobes narrowly triangular, V-shaped notches, 2.5" - 4.5"	red, winged, seed portion swollen, 1" - 1.5"	Coast
Manitoba Maple Acer negunda	40' - 50', can be 70'	3-7 leaflets, shallowly lobed, 6" - 15"	winged, seed portion elongated, 1.5"	southern Ontario to Saskatchewan