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Acer saccharum
Sugar maples can grow up to a range of 60 to 100 feet tall. They have singlet leaves that are 3-5 inches an the leaves are smooth. The leaves are a dark green color. The sugar maple usually flourishes in January. The sugar maple can handle temperatures up to 100 degrees F. and can collect an annual 10-50 inches of rainfall. The sugar maple produces large amounts of seeds and this tree is used to make maple syrup.
The sugar maple is found mostly in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states in the United States but they are almost all places in the States. Its a North America tree.
Spotted on Dec 6, 2013
Submitted on Dec 6, 2013
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you could add a pic of the tree to improve your spotting.