What is special about maple?
Maples produce the best syrup Some of the sweetest, richest syrup comes from maple trees. A maple tree must be 30 years old before it can have its sap extracted and made into syrup. It takes somewhere between 40 and 50 gallons of maple sap to produce just 1 gallon of syrup. Mature sugar maples can reach heights of more than 100′ and will cast dense summertime shade beneath their 50′ wide canopies. To plant a sugar maple is to invest in the future: The tree grows just 1′ to 2′ per year, and a 10-year-old tree is typically about 15′ tall.
What is the lifespan of a maple?
How long a maple tree lives depends on the type of maple. A sugar maple can live up to 400 years, whereas a silver maple usually lives about a century. Red maple trees live a bit longer, surviving up to 300 years. Approximate the tree’s age by multiplying the diameter by 3 for silver maple, 4. Norway maple, 5 for black maple, and 5.