CATTON ARBORETUM
Acer saccharum
Common name: Sugar Maple
Year planted: 2001
Country of origin: Eastern and Central USA and Eastern Canada
Year introduced: Grown in UK since 1753
Description: A large tree with palmate leaves that turn yellow, red and orange in the autumn. Produces a hard wood used in the furniture industry in its native situations. Boiled sap from the tree eventually turns into Maple Syrup when refined. The sap is collected by boring a hole onto the bark in which taps are placed.
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Tree number: 121
Year planted: 2001
Country of origin: Eastern and Central USA and Eastern Canada
Year introduced: Grown in UK since 1753
Description: A large tree with palmate leaves that turn yellow, red and orange in the autumn. Produces a hard wood used in the furniture industry in its native situations. Boiled sap from the tree eventually turns into Maple Syrup when refined. The sap is collected by boring a hole onto the bark in which taps are placed.
what3words: recording.honestly.range
Tree number: 121
