Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) is a deciduous tree also referred to as hard maple or rock maple. It is one of the largest and most important hardwood species in North America, typically reaching 70-90 ...

so they are favored by maple sugar makers. Depending on the soil, climate and its genetics, a maple tree needs to be about 10 inches in diameter before it will produce enough sap to make syrup.

But if you have a taste for maple syrup, you may think of collecting sap from a sugar maple tree. Sugar maple trees produce sap during the summer, which gets stored through the winter in their roots.

The North American sugar maple is famous for giving us maple syrup, a favourite pancake topping for many. Two little-known close relatives of the tree can be found in Mexico, where they are ...

Each spring, students and staff from the Myaamia Center and students and staff from the Western Program tap ten sugar maple trees in Peabody Woods. Maple sugaring, the process of making maple sugar ...

So how exactly does The Maple Guild produce syrup on a macro scale? Well, it all starts with the trees. These are sugar maple trees, and The Maple Guild has 460,000 of them spanning across the ...

With fall around the corner, gardeners have definitely got maple on their minds. And rightfully so. These trees are the ...