sugar maple vs black maple

slikk03 · 22nd April 2010, 05:27 AM

i am new to the study of trees and i wanted to know if their are black maple trees in illinois and if so how can i tell them apartfrom that of a sugar? i have looked at alot of leavs and noted that most have a bit of hair on the underside! i know the basic fact that blacks are more 3 lobed and more pubecent but wen i am out to id them this is a very diffacult thing to notice. if anybody has a few side by side photo shots of the leavs and how the differ please do so!. thanks

slikk03 · 22nd April 2010, 10:52 AM

so far its still april and i cant tell any variation between the black and sugar in the leavs. this is a pic of black maple but its probly in may since right now the leavs are about 3 to 4 inch. i just need more id keys to id them apart, the hair on the underside is on all of them but it varies from tre to tree so thats not a good key to id them with

22nd April 2010, 05:27 AM	#1
slikk03 Sappling Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: illinois Posts: 20	sugar maple vs black maple i am new to the study of trees and i wanted to know if their are black maple trees in illinois and if so how can i tell them apartfrom that of a sugar? i have looked at alot of leavs and noted that most have a bit of hair on the underside! i know the basic fact that blacks are more 3 lobed and more pubecent but wen i am out to id them this is a very diffacult thing to notice. if anybody has a few side by side photo shots of the leavs and how the differ please do so!. thanks

22nd April 2010, 10:52 AM	#2
slikk03 Sappling Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: illinois Posts: 20	Re: sugar maple vs black maple so far its still april and i cant tell any variation between the black and sugar in the leavs. this is a pic of black maple but its probly in may since right now the leavs are about 3 to 4 inch. i just need more id keys to id them apart, the hair on the underside is on all of them but it varies from tre to tree so thats not a good key to id them with Attached Thumbnails

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