Sugar Maple Tree Foliage
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203452)
Nashville, Tennessee
October 26, 2022 3:10pm CST
Have been gone most of the day. Errand day. Got everything done. Back home thank goodness.
Snapped a photo of the Sugar Maple tree in the front yard. Still has lots of orange leaves to enjoy. This tree is another of my favorites.
Sugar maple trees are well known for the liquid gold that resides inside them: sap. Theirs is especially high in sugar content, which means not as much of it is needed in order to create maple syrup.
But, the tree has to be about 40 years old before you see any of the sap. In the meantime I will enjoy the beautiful orange foliage each year. It is the last tree to lose its leaves in the yard. It seems to be in very good health.
Photo is mine.
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@RebeccasFarm (86768)
• United States
27 Oct 22
Can you get sap off it yet? No?
It is so beautiful and stunning Carol!
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@RebeccasFarm (86768)
• United States
27 Oct 22
@CarolDM It looks older than it is but it is stunning
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Oct 22
@RebeccasFarm The tree is about 15 years old.
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@stringer321 (5643)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
29 Oct 22
The tree looks young, how old is the tree ?
It needs the green leaves to do the photosynthesis to get it's energy.
I think the more leaves it has in the sun light, the more sap it make.
Do you take care of the tree ? Do you protect it from diseases ?
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@stringer321 (5643)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
30 Oct 22
@CarolDM I hope you and your family enjoy the maple syrup :-)
It can make a family tradition for generations, those trees live long life.
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
29 Oct 22
@stringer321 Yes dear, I am well aware of what it takes to maintain the trees. Thank you for your comment. Have a good day.
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@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
30 Oct 22
Gorgeous! I don't see these trees locally, so this is such a treat!
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
31 Oct 22
@oahuwriter Hope your week is going good so far.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
3 Dec 22
We have sugarcane here but not sugar maple tree. What part of the tree in which sugar is extracted?
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
6 Dec 22
@Nakitakona Exactly, and the syrup.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
6 Dec 22
@CarolDM I see. It's the sap that produces sugar.
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@GardenGerty (157596)
• United States
27 Oct 22
It is beautiful. We do have some pretty colors this year.
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@Marilynda1225 (79791)
• United States
27 Oct 22
Your sugar maple is gorgeous. Nature is certainly beautiful
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@Deepizzaguy (94626)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Oct 22
The photo of the Sugar Maple tree is very good looking.
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@Deepizzaguy (94626)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Oct 22
@CarolDM You are welcome.
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@snowy22315 (170083)
• United States
26 Oct 22
That is pretty Maples always have prettiest leaves I think. I saw some today too that I snapped.
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@kaylachan (57804)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Oct 22
I am glad you have it to enjoy.
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@RasmaSandra (73506)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Oct 22
Very beautiful tree, Lovely color. We had a great old oak at the end of out block in Latvia, and it was lovely all seasons but particularly autumn, I gave names to oaks and this handsome oak was Bernhardt,
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@aninditasen (15741)
• Raurkela, India
27 Oct 22
The maple tree looks beautiful. Does the leaves taste sweet too and can it be eaten?
@LindaOHio (156456)
• United States
27 Oct 22
That's a gorgeous tree. A little bit of info. We have a Sugar Maple Festival every spring in a town not too far from us.
