This is my first year and want to make sure these are all maple trees

[nick271717]

Some of these trees I'm unsure about because i have decided that i want to tap maple trees late this fall after all the leaves are gone. I'm pretty sure about some but some i am not so sure about i hope by posting these pictures of the bark and the tree branches that you guys could help me confirm some of these trees. I know about the opposite branching and the bark but some i'm still not sure about. If anyone could help me it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!1495914958149571496014961

[psparr]

Can't see great of the shot of the canopy. But the others sure look like maples. When you drill a hole, you should see some nice white wood.
If their not maples there's no harm, no foul.

[BAP]

Can't see great of the shot of the canopy. But the others sure look like maples. When you drill a hole, you should see some nice white wood.
If their not maples there's no harm, no foul.
2nd that. If you put your location in your profile there might be a member close to you who would be willing to pay you a visit to help identify your trees.

[buckeye gold]

They all look good to me

[ScottyWelden]

Be sure to avoid for the (likely) poison ivy vine on #3!

[nick271717]

Thanks for the responses guys.. So these don't look like oak trees to you guys? Great! Thanks!

[lyford]

Hey nick not sure where you are in ny, I'm in wny south of buffalo. I agree those look like maples to me, tap em!

[nick271717]

Hello lyford.. I'm from the Hudson Valley so I'm about 2/12-3 hrs from you.. And thanks for the response I think they look like maples as well I'm going to tap them, thanks!

[mudr]

Bark looks like a red maple to me.

Good to see some wny folks here.

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[Chicopee Sap Shack]

Red maples. Some give up sap easy others not so much but the do great on vacuum


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[dbeitz1891]

They look like red maples to me. Generally a lower sugar content and not as much sap as sugar maples but still produce.

[JoeJ]

Bark pictures look like red maple. Look up at the buds. If you can see the big red buds, they are definitely red maples. When I used to tap trees around my house, I had some red maples that would easily fill a bucket on a days run, and a few other reds that would put out one cup of sap all season. After 2 seasons, stop taping the trees that don't donate. Under vacuum, they produce fine. My lease woods is 48% red maples and those woods produced 28 gallons of sap per tap in 2016. The woods at my sugar house is 15% red maple and the surprising thing is that the sugar content of the sap from both woods in very similar on a daily basis.

[dblact38]

Theres also a great book for identifying trees called "BARK" It shows pictures of trees from young to old mostly all pictures goodluck

[Daveg]

The picture showing a multi-trunked tree reminds me of silver maple. All the rest look like maples, as well.

[rhwells2003]

They look good to me, I'd tap them!

[bigschuss]

It's all in the buds. Reds will have darker, big, obvious bulbous buds. Sugars will not...lighter in color and thin. Silvers I have no idea?

Good luck!

[CampHamp]

I think the first is a sugar maple, because there are horizontal scars from the sugar maple borer. Also, do the leaves on the ground all have rounded crotches between each finger or is there a mix of round/angled leaves? You cannot identify a single tree this way, but if all the leaves around are rounded then you've got all sugars...

[ArcadeMaple]

I just realized that the trees I am planning on tapping are silver maple. has anyone used these for syrup before? Should I even bother with them? I do not have any sugar maple as I previously thought!

[tbear]

Silver Maples are almost the only type of maple I have access to. I hear the sugar content might be lower than sugar maples but I haven't seen that to be true for my trees. I think the syrup is very good, and judging from sales, others must think so too. Tap away! Ted

[ArcadeMaple]

Silver Maples are almost the only type of maple I have access to. I hear the sugar content might be lower than sugar maples but I haven't seen that to be true for my trees. I think the syrup is very good, and judging from sales, others must think so too. Tap away! Ted

Thanks for the advise, Ted. I was really getting worried there.... This is my first go at it. I have 10 taps to put out and if all goes well this year I can triple that next year.

[tbear]

And the excitement builds! A person might think that the excited anticipation, like a small child on Christmas Eve, would eventually diminish. Been 15 or 16 years for me, so if it does go away, you'll have to ask someone who's been at it longer than I have what it's like! Have fun! Ted

[Rangdale]

Look at the twigs. Maple twigs have the little branches directly across from each other where as oaks and others are staggered. The only other tree (I believe) that has the branches directly across from one another is the Ash and it's very easy to tell them apart. With that being said, it's not always easy to see the twigs when they are way up high.