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Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum
In the United States: Native · also called rock maple, hard maple

Early bloom provides crucial pollen; flow overlaps with red maple.

Nectarmedium
Pollenhigh
Bloom (US) March–May
Hardiness zones3-8
Duration~10 days
TypePerennial
Sunfull

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