| Description | This section contains pictures of Silver Maple in the landscape. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | prefers moist, very adapatable |
| Soil & Site | prefers moist, found growing along stream banks, prefers slightly acid soils, will grow on very poor soils |
| Flowers | monoecious, greenish yellow to red flowers, produced before the leaves in pendulous clusters |
| Fruit | 1-2.5 inch samara or winged fruit is produced in large numbers |
| Leaves | opposite, 5 lobed, green on top, silvery below and fall color can be variable ranging from a poor pale yellow to a nice clear bright yellow. |
| Dimensions | A very rapid grower reaching 50-70 plus feet in height. |
| Maintenance | A weak wooded plant that constantly drops branches and twigs. Subject to lots of wind and ice damage. |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced in 1725 |
| Author's Notes | I inherited two very large Silver Maples at our new house. Although they are nice looking large shade trees, they are shallow rooted and very messy. There are better trees to use in the urban landscape. |
| Notes & Reference | seeds all over the yard |
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