It is one of the largest and most important hardwood species in North America ... Songbirds, woodpeckers, and cavity nesters use the sugar maple as a home. Brockman, C.F. 1986. Trees of North America: ...

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further increasing its appeal as a tree for landscaping. Autumn blaze maple is a cultivar, meaning that it was bred by crossing the red maple and the silver maple, rather than being a natural species.

One in five maple species is threatened in the wild, according to the first full assessment of extinction risks. Known for the vivid colour of their autumn leaves, the trees are popular in parks ...