The researchers looked at two closely related trees: the sugar maple — whose leaf adorns the Canadian flag — and the black maple, a rare and protected species. Both trees are common in Quebec’s ...

It’s not easy to figure out which maples you want on your property. The good ones are the sugar maples, their leaves ablaze each fall in yellow, red, and orange. The less desirable ones are the ...

Botanists say the image on the new $20 bills is the leaf of a Norway maple, not the familiar sugar maple that graces Canada's flag. The Bank of Canada defends the image, saying it's a "stylized ...

Norway maples typically have 5-7 lobes (commonly 7), sugar maples typically have 5, and black maples typically have 3-5. Black maple’s bottom two lobes are so much less prominent than sugar maple that ...

The yellow in the leaves of sugar maple and oak trees is caused by a pigment called carotenoids. Sometimes leaves will appear red due to anthocyanins, a pigment they do not start to produce until they ...

The red maple is growing in popularity and is often stronger than its sibling, the sugar maple. “Maple is a relatively clean tree, with strong branches that do not break off easily in high winds.

Today we're celebrating, the sugar maple (Acer saccharum), the most abundant maple found in New York and the state's official tree, and the national emblem of Canada — this is one cool tree ...

Anthracnose is a common spring disease on maple trees. Several different fungi can cause the symptoms we describe as anthracnose.

Evolve's Beauty Miracle Mask, £12, employs sugar maple extract (from the sugar maple tree, another variation of maple), which is known as a natural AHA and has the ability to exfoliate the top ...

If you see pale hairs there, you’ve got a sugar maple leaf in hand. The easiest way to tell these two maples apart is by leaf color. During the growing season, Norway maple’s leaves are dark ...