Quote Originally Posted by Run Forest Run! View Post
Hannah, check out this link and see if this looks like your tree. It shows a Freeman maple which is a hybrid of a Silver and a Red. I get good tapping results from my Freeman and its bark is smooth as smooth can be.

http://www.uoguelph.ca/arboretum/thi...ansmaple.shtml
Karen, thank you so much for that link. I think I may have one of those at my home property and maybe several at my deer camp. I've confirmed both reds and silvers at my deer camp, but haven't found any silvers at my home, just this one odd smooth-barked fairly large swamp maple.