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 ...

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 good ones are the sugar maples, their leaves ablaze each fall in yellow, red and orange. The less desirable ones are the Norway maples, their leaves green well into fall.

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 ...