| Description | Sweet Shadow Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) A large Sugar Maple cultivar with leaves that are lobed deeper than most. |
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| Pronunciation | (AY-ser)(sack-AR-rum) |
| Plant Type | Woody Plants |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average prefers moist |
| Soil & Site | average, prefers moist |
| Temperature | prefers the cooler end of its hardiness zone |
| Flowers | .pale yellowish-green in clusters, spring before the leaves emerge |
| Fruit | double-winged samra |
| Leaves | deeply lobes, giving a finer texture, green, orange in fall |
| Dimensions | 45-50 by 35-45 feet (HS), hard to use in a small lot, needs room |
| Cultivar Origin | Powel Valley Nursery of Gresham, Oregon USA, 1961 |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Cut Leaf Sugar Maple |
| Notes & Reference | #253-The Tree Book (Micheal Dirr, Keith Warren), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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