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sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
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Flowering plantsIn Ohio

Sugar maple

Acer saccharum Marshall

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Family
Sapindaceae
Genus
Acer
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Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 2 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (19)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (60)
  • Recorded, season not shown (7)
  • Season shown (2)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
sugar maple by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashtabula CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Athens County208 · Season shown
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yet
Belmont CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Brown CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Butler County25 · Recorded, season not shown
Carroll CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Champaign CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clark CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clermont County37 · Recorded, season not shown
Clinton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Coshocton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yet
Cuyahoga County55 · Recorded, season not shown
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Defiance CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Delaware CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Erie CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fayette CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Franklin County39 · Recorded, season not shown
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Greene CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Guernsey CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hamilton County124 · Recorded, season not shown
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hardin CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Harrison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Holmes CountyNo qualifying records yet
Huron CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Jackson CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Jefferson CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lake CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lawrence CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Licking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Logan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lorain CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lucas CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Madison CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mahoning CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yet
Medina CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yet
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Monroe CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Montgomery CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morgan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morrow CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ottawa CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yet
Perry CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yet
Portage County20 · Recorded, season not shown
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yet
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ross CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Sandusky CountyNo qualifying records yet
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Seneca CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yet
Stark CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Summit County98 · Season shown
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Union CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Van Wert CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Warren CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wayne County24 · Recorded, season not shown
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wood CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yet

No mapped range from the range source used, the USGS Gap Analysis Project, which maps land vertebrates only.

Season

When it is recorded

In Ohio

Late March to early November, middle week Sep 6–12

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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 1,212 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not how common it is. The grey bars show how many records of all species were made here each week, so you can see when recording itself was high or low; the season is not adjusted by them.

Recorded on 743 dates. Latest record: November 2025.

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Records of sugar maple in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of sugar mapleYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10436,211
Jan 11–17325,146
Jan 18–24334,645
Jan 25–31834,698
Feb 1–7846,023
Feb 8–14415,888
Feb 15–21115,436
Feb 22–28436,846
Mar 1–7948,321
Mar 8–141110,384
Mar 15–216312,620
Mar 22–282213,949
Mar 29 – Apr 410219,661
Apr 5–115126,860
Apr 12–1812539,925
Apr 19–2512641,623
Apr 26 – May 224956,391
May 3–945852,952
May 10–1633853,785
May 17–23261057,698
May 24–3028954,651
May 31 – Jun 621753,099
Jun 7–1327853,700
Jun 14–2023856,625
Jun 21–2730755,361
Jun 28 – Jul 427958,477
Jul 5–1125761,336
Jul 12–1827764,722
Jul 19–2527869,753
Jul 26 – Aug 112759,416
Aug 2–814759,712
Aug 9–1517755,994
Aug 16–2213554,328
Aug 23–2916651,772
Aug 30 – Sep 530957,167
Sep 6–1258959,075
Sep 13–19651054,543
Sep 20–26471045,860
Sep 27 – Oct 3581043,180
Oct 4–10781037,841
Oct 11–1785930,824
Oct 18–24531021,156
Oct 25–3164919,021
Nov 1–7621014,172
Nov 8–1428812,621
Nov 15–211557,965
Nov 22–282178,136
Nov 29 – Dec 51046,083
Dec 6–12636,004
Dec 13–19225,423
Dec 20–26005,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2338,459

Reported in flower

Only 1 records here show flowers, too few to show a flowering season. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

Reported in fruit

Only 2 records here show fruit, too few to show a fruiting season. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Relatives

In the same genus

Other Acer recorded in Ohio

black mapleAcer nigrumbox elderAcer negundofield mapleAcer campestreFreeman's mapleAcer × freemaniiMountain MapleAcer spicatumNorway mapleAcer platanoidesred mapleAcer rubrumsilver mapleAcer saccharinumTatarian MapleAcer tataricum

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • Norway maple Acer platanoidesOften confused in Ohio: 145 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • red maple Acer rubrumOften confused in Ohio: 96 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • black maple Acer nigrumOften confused in Ohio: 62 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • silver maple Acer saccharinumOften confused in Ohio: 46 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • American sycamore Platanus occidentalisOften confused in Ohio: 16 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Forest54%31%
Developed41%49%
Farmland3%11%
Wetland0.9%5%
Open water0.4%3%
Grassland and shrub0.3%0.9%
Barren0.1%0.6%

From 741 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
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Records behind the Ohio result

1,212 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.