How to Tell Sugar & Norway Maple Apart

[@emmarrichardson6066]

Thank you. I had already cut down my invasive Crimson King ($300, delivered & planted) by an unscrupulous local nursery. In its stead I planted a sugar maple whip that I dug (with permission) out of the edge of my neighbor's woods. I have been nervous because this tree has never had the gorgeous fall foliage that it should - it so far has just been dingy, although it seems healthy & is now about 20 years old and about 30' tall. I had already many times broken a leaf off, looking for the dreaded milky sap, but not seeing any. The soil actually is not great, so maybe that's the issue. Anyway, after watching your video, I'm much more confident that it's a sugar maple. What a relief.

[@patb.6913]

Great job Greg. I especially like the side by side comparisons, and the close-ups.

[@NeighborhoodNinja1]

Thank you for your feedback Pat!

[@superyouper]

Excellent video. The side by side comparisons are a great help. I think I won a bet with my son in law over a tree in his yard.

[@NeighborhoodNinja1]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Morphixx]

Me: *learning about trees* Video: "Here's the differences in bark" Me: "I can't tell the difference" Video: "There's really no excuse for not being able to tell the difference" Me: "Oh..."

[@NeighborhoodNinja1]

I don't mean to make it sound easy to the untrained eye. Haha. Hopefully this video still helped you.

[@maryellenalbin1603]

Super helpful, thanks. Norway for sure in my parent's yard. I remember pulling the samsaras apart to stick on my nose when I was a kid.

[@lynettenapier9919]

Finally solved! A Norway Crimson King sitting in a garden in rural UK. Told it was a sycamore. Great video

[@NeighborhoodNinja1]

I'm glad this video helped!

[@spiderslegs99]

Greetings from Ireland! We have loads of Norway Maple planted in the suburbs here. I enjoy collecting seeds from and growing all sorts of trees. I'd love to grow a few sugar maples and this video goes a long way in helping me identify one to collect from ( I think I've found one local). I have to add though, that I disagree with your description of the autum foliage of Norway maple. In this here climate, it give off a fantastic display of amber, scarlet, gold and yellow mix on each tree. Thanks again for this great video 👍🏻

[@NeighborhoodNinja1]

Thank you for your input from Ireland! In the states we do not typically see that foliage on these trees, but there might be some genetic variation out there.

[@Lou_Mansfield]

Thanks man. Learning about the bark and other stuff is helpful

[@PopArt]

Super helpful, great pace. Thanks!

[@nickpopovich2667]

Good tip about the buds!

[@LemensProducts]

Thank You great video!

[@thequiethunt3352]

Great video! Thank you!

[@BufordPusser582]

Great vid. thanks

[@bethrichardson7335]

Gregor, I appreciate your content but just a tip for you to increase the number of viewers that watch the video all the way through-research how to improve the sound quality. Viewers will put up with some poor quality images but poor quality audio will much more likely cause viewers to abandon a video.

[@mhhocane3513]

Maple tress in Kashmir are huge and older n hollowed as caves

[@nolanknows1401]

Crazy how thick the canopy of a Norway is

[@NeighborhoodNinja1]

So thick sometimes the grass doesn't grow beneath.

[@benrosen2000]

Another good difference is that the Norway maple has a much denser crown. You can see this exhibited well in the picture with the 2 trees in the park

[@maecarpenter6735]

Thank you!

[@jeffjohnson2958]

Thanks, Gregor. Northern Red Oak and Pin Oak are sometimes difficult for me to differentiate.

[@NeighborhoodNinja1]

Those can be tough to differentiate, I should make a video on those two as well.

[@jeffjohnson2958]

@@NeighborhoodNinja1 Very cool, Gregor. Waukesha boy here. I'm a silkmoth guy. I had success raising polyphemus this summer in a sleeve on Norway Maple (var Crimson King). I figured it would work despite it not being in the literature as a food plant...polyphemus seem to do well on all types of maples.

[@stevepethel6843]

You know your trees...thanks

[@Hendrix.]

What Maple has a beautiful mix of light green and vibrant yellow? Nobody seems to know.

[@georgesawtooth]

Are you talking about a Drummondii Harlequin maple? It's a variety of Norway.

[@Hendrix.]

@@georgesawtooth Not quite what I was asking about but a very pretty variety that I might get anyway,,Thanks

[@marshkatvideo]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@ljgardenia160]

I have a tree in my backyard identified by a tree trimmer as a Norway Maple. It seems to fit the descriptions in this vid, except it turns BRIGHT red in the fall. It's one of the most stunning trees around! Is there an exception to the yellow leaves? Could it be a hybrid? Misidentified?

[@williamwild9399]

LJ Gardenia, Search Acer rubrum, The red maple,beautiful red fall color.

[@ottosaxo]

Norway maple can develop all tones of yellow and dark red in autumn, and often there are zones of both colours even on one and the same leaf, while a real orange is hard to find on a Norway maple. The existence of both red and yellow sometimes gives them an "orange" appearance from a distance. Nevertheless, many Norway maples turn completely yellow, and especially those yellow ones tend to show their fall colours about two weeks later than sugar maples do. Norway maples have a white, milky sap if you rip off a leaf, while the sap of sugar maples is clear as water.

[@davidbrogan606]

Quite helpful thank you.

[@NeighborhoodNinja1]

You're welcome David!

The streets of Toronto, (the fourth largest city in N.America) are lined with tens of thousands of centuries old sugar maples. So, I strongly disagree with your statement that "sugar maples will not tolerate urban environments".

[@josephstrattard4068]

does the round norway maple bud turn prurplish as it matures?

[@NeighborhoodNinja1]

Yes, it can.

[@nativesedibles2454]

Thank you very helpful ;)curious why you didn't mention sap difference white versus clear is that not reliable? Thank you!

[@NeighborhoodNinja1]

Thank you, that was something I hadn't thought of, and I didn't want it to be a requirement that you break off a branch to show it.

[@nolanknows1401]

Do you have any video that covers good yard trees to plant?

[@NeighborhoodNinja1]

I do not, but that would be a good topic to look into.

[@gavinbuckner6057]

very helpful, thanks man

[@lesleysouza8772]

I have a sugar maple I sent for through the mail it was only 5ft it still never changes color always green , why is that ? Do they get there color as they age ?

[@EBSoftball-sd3vw]

You left out the easiest method of telling them apart. When you break a leaf off of the trees, Norways have a milky sap that comes out of the stem. Sugar is clear.

[@NeighborhoodNinja1]

Good trick!

[@fazejoerod]

@brandon varkster I learned that at scout camp. I did a merit badge on foresty.

[@jakeornot6306]

Try it and see?

[@necrophagist00]

Any suggestions comparing Acer saccharum to A. nigrum?

[@jakeornot6306]

Thank you for referring to Acer nigrum. I wish I had the money to afford a hard ID on the trees in the yard, which "experts" have claimed to be Norway maple.. although one did suggest A. nigrum. I'll keep pursuing research on A. nigrum.

[@nolanknows1401]

Good video by the way

[@carolball5887]

Get rid of the background noise. Thank you

[@NeighborhoodNinja1]

There is no background noise, just light music. Thank you

[@francilenedias9964]

Good moring! I would like to know: Do you send seedlings or seeds? I am from Brazil,in my region the climate is favorable!

[@PedroPatricioFreitas]

Francilene, Maple Norueguesa eh uma especie invasora. Voce nao vai querer ela ai. Pesquisa que em Sao Paulo tem maple.

[@helvangod]

Hello, dolly!

[@casiandsouza7031]

Are all Norway Maple toxic to equines?

[@cindylang437]

Oh geee...the background music ?

[@georgesawtooth]

Sugar maples live much longer than a Norway maple.