Acer saccharum Marsh.

English: Sugar Maple, Sugar Maple

German: Zuckerahorn

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Sapindales (72)

        Family: Sapindaceae (18)(family description)

          Genus: Acer (9)

            Epithet: saccharum Marsh. (1)

saccharum => from Sanskrit sharkara for 'sugar'

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: green

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