CATTON ARBORETUM
Acer saccharum
Common name:
Sugar Maple
Year planted:
2001
Country of origin:
Eastern and Central USA and Eastern Canada
Year introduced:
Grown in UK since 1753
Description:
A large tree with palmate leaves that turn yellow, red and orange in the autumn. Produces a hard wood used in the furniture industry in its native situations. Boiled sap from the tree eventually turns into Maple Syrup when refined. The sap is collected by boring a hole onto the bark in which taps are placed.
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Tree number: 121