Thanks so much. Your videos are very helpful and informative. I do have a hard time differentiating sugar maple and red maple. Will remember the differences in bark.
Awesome. I'm from southern Ontario and I'm trying to learn a lot more about identifying trees in my area and there seems to be quite a bit of overlapping species with your area which I'm very grateful for since these videos are so informative. Identification books can only go so far! I really like that you mentioned the difference between the norway maple and the sugar - I always get these confused and find that most places I look for identification don't mention enough about similar non-native species.
Another nice drop. I have some advixe for you and maybe some tricks that will help you be more efficient. So you need to invest in some leather gloves, a full wrap handle, and cut your back cut an inch or more higher than the gunning cut(flat cut on the face) this helps keep the tree from spinning if you accidentally cut the holding wood. It also ensures the bowl of the tree doesnt slide back or spin and possible hurt you. I saw you line up your back cut to your gunning cut on this one. I also watched you cut your slant cut first which can lead to more pinched bars but really i saw you use it as a gunning cut. Not ideal because its harder to lineup the first time and can lead to increased stump time. Also doing bore cuts on snags like this will help you identify where good wood to fall it from is so you are not kneeling down. Dust is bad chips are good and do it pointed towards your intended lay so you dont introduce a failure where it can peel and barberchair on you. It will also let you look up more. You should be able to do the whole fall in 20 to 60 seconds all while looking up at the branches which in a rotted tree can come out and smack you fro. The mocement of the tree. Everytime you swing your wedge look up. You are smacking the tree and any one of those limbs could come down and hit you. Better to be looking up so you can escape rather than be looking down and going to the hospital or a morgue. Anyways tree is on the ground, nobody is dead and nothing is broken good job.
When a forest growing among other trees, sugar maple can get quite tall! If growing in the open they would expend more energy growing out than up, and would likely end up shorter. And the canopy is typically pretty dense, at least for half the year while the leaves are on :)
Great stuff! I found your channel looking to identify the willows popping up around my pond (Black Willow), and I'm now trying to identify all of the maples on my property in west central Ohio. Could you do a video on the differences between red and silver maples? I'm having a difficult time determining which are which. I have a feeling that all of mine are silver maples, although I have identified one Norway maple, but it's not causing any issues in its location.
Thanks Brian! We're glad these videos are helpful! Red and silver maple are on our to-do-list but we may not get around to them for a while. So here are some hints until then! Silver maple has deep lobes and a silvery underside to the leaf that's quite distinctive. Red maple lobes are not very deep and they have a red petiole (leaf stem). Silver maple samaras are large, nearly as large as Norway maple, and turn a dusky tan color when ripe. Red maple samaras are smaller and turn red when ripe. Finally, in early spring before leaf out, look at the flowers. Both species have red female flowers, but silver maple male flowers have silvery anthers that are very visible. Hope that helps!!
great vids anyway you can show maps of where thee trees grow im in n.e tenn and trying to figure out my trees thanks to you i know i have tons and tons of white oak
Thanks for these videos. I've learned a ton already. You mentioned sugar maple saplings grow well in forest shade - if I were trying to grow saplings in containers, would you still want to create partial shade or does that slow down the growth?
The Norway maple is the one that produces a white sap. I can see the confusion; in this video there is a small white dot that's visible at the base of the sugar maple leaf. If this was a Norway maple, that little dot would turn into a big bubble of the white sap. Hope that helps!
Disease infestation and predation issues? Do deer eat small Sugar Maples. Are they prone to easy storm damage? Growth rate and habit (upright or rounded?), spacing?
Thanks so much. Your videos are very helpful and informative. I do have a hard time differentiating sugar maple and red maple. Will remember the differences in bark.
great lesson on sugar maple. best i’ve found.
thank you! 🌟
*An amazing tree species* I once saw a Peregrine Falcon nest very top of sugar maple tree!!
Beautiful tree! Thanks for sharing & for informing us all on the info of the tree!!!!!
Thank you. This has really helped me identify the tree in my back yard.
Morel mushrooms loved the Sugar Maples on my granny's property...
Keep up the great work!
Thanks bud, you too!!
Thanks for another great video! 🕺
You're very welcome!!
Would like to have it in Pakistan
Awesome. I'm from southern Ontario and I'm trying to learn a lot more about identifying trees in my area and there seems to be quite a bit of overlapping species with your area which I'm very grateful for since these videos are so informative. Identification books can only go so far! I really like that you mentioned the difference between the norway maple and the sugar - I always get these confused and find that most places I look for identification don't mention enough about similar non-native species.
Another nice drop. I have some advixe for you and maybe some tricks that will help you be more efficient. So you need to invest in some leather gloves, a full wrap handle, and cut your back cut an inch or more higher than the gunning cut(flat cut on the face) this helps keep the tree from spinning if you accidentally cut the holding wood. It also ensures the bowl of the tree doesnt slide back or spin and possible hurt you. I saw you line up your back cut to your gunning cut on this one. I also watched you cut your slant cut first which can lead to more pinched bars but really i saw you use it as a gunning cut. Not ideal because its harder to lineup the first time and can lead to increased stump time. Also doing bore cuts on snags like this will help you identify where good wood to fall it from is so you are not kneeling down. Dust is bad chips are good and do it pointed towards your intended lay so you dont introduce a failure where it can peel and barberchair on you. It will also let you look up more. You should be able to do the whole fall in 20 to 60 seconds all while looking up at the branches which in a rotted tree can come out and smack you fro. The mocement of the tree. Everytime you swing your wedge look up. You are smacking the tree and any one of those limbs could come down and hit you. Better to be looking up so you can escape rather than be looking down and going to the hospital or a morgue. Anyways tree is on the ground, nobody is dead and nothing is broken good job.
Great video. I'd like to know some other things about it. This one looks taller than I thought they typically get and how dense is the canopy?
When a forest growing among other trees, sugar maple can get quite tall! If growing in the open they would expend more energy growing out than up, and would likely end up shorter. And the canopy is typically pretty dense, at least for half the year while the leaves are on :)
I wonder if those are Sapsucker holes, I have a Sugar Maple and a sapsucker visits regularly.
Great stuff! I found your channel looking to identify the willows popping up around my pond (Black Willow), and I'm now trying to identify all of the maples on my property in west central Ohio. Could you do a video on the differences between red and silver maples? I'm having a difficult time determining which are which. I have a feeling that all of mine are silver maples, although I have identified one Norway maple, but it's not causing any issues in its location.
Thanks Brian! We're glad these videos are helpful! Red and silver maple are on our to-do-list but we may not get around to them for a while. So here are some hints until then! Silver maple has deep lobes and a silvery underside to the leaf that's quite distinctive. Red maple lobes are not very deep and they have a red petiole (leaf stem). Silver maple samaras are large, nearly as large as Norway maple, and turn a dusky tan color when ripe. Red maple samaras are smaller and turn red when ripe. Finally, in early spring before leaf out, look at the flowers. Both species have red female flowers, but silver maple male flowers have silvery anthers that are very visible. Hope that helps!!
great vids anyway you can show maps of where thee trees grow im in n.e tenn and trying to figure out my trees thanks to you i know i have tons and tons of white oak
great idea, we should try to show range maps in the future!!
Great video. Will a sugar maple tree survive in zone 10a?
Thank you! Oh boy, I'm not sure if it would do very well that far south. Red maple likely would though!
Thanks for these videos. I've learned a ton already. You mentioned sugar maple saplings grow well in forest shade - if I were trying to grow saplings in containers, would you still want to create partial shade or does that slow down the growth?
Does it grow straight 20 foot plus?
It can, yes!
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Hello. I'm a little bit confused on if the norway maple is the type of maple that produces a white type of sap or if it is the sugar maple. 2:14
The Norway maple is the one that produces a white sap. I can see the confusion; in this video there is a small white dot that's visible at the base of the sugar maple leaf. If this was a Norway maple, that little dot would turn into a big bubble of the white sap. Hope that helps!
Disease infestation and predation issues? Do deer eat small Sugar Maples. Are they prone to easy storm damage? Growth rate and habit (upright or rounded?), spacing?
i haven't heard "hard maple" "rock maple" around se pa.
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