Black Maple/Sugar Maple
For many years I miss identified a Black Maple tree! Several years ago Tim Wilmont came to my camp for a 3/16 tubing seminar! I showed him my prize Black Maple, he said no! Just because the bark is as black as night does not make it a black maple. Leaves was a dead give away, about 30 feet away was another Sugar Tree with typical gray bark, it had black maple leaves, which now allows me to tell visitors that you can’t judge a sugar tree by its bark!
I made a video of the difference in the leaves, need to send it to Dr. Abby, then if she feels it would be valuable she could edit and share?
Mark 220 Maple