DIVERSITY OF LIFE TOMPKINS COUNTY FLORA
Acer saccharinumL.
Mitchell NYNYFA TCUSDA NY
accepted no accepted
Silver Maple, Soft Maple

Aceraceae

CAYUGA FLORA (1926) NOTES: Swamps, river thickets, and other low woodlands ; frequent or locally common. March-Apr. Frequent in the valley of Cayuga Lake ; abundant from Ovid northw. on the Ontario plain ; rare back from the lake in Lansing and Dryden ; apparently absent in the towns s. and s. e. of Ithaca. N.B. to S. Dak., southw. to Fla., Ark., Okla., and Nebr. ; infrequent near the coast. A tree primarily of the rich soils of the Mississippi Valley.


BH SPECIMENS FOR Acer saccharinum (this list may be incomplete)
 Town of Dryden, 107 Neimi Road, Five Wells Nature Preserve, 12 Oct 1990, Dilger WCD1151 (BH 113134);
 Town of Dryden, 107 Neimi Road, Five Wells Nature Preserve, east Southwest Woods, north of Beaver Water, 13 May 1999, Dilger WCD1589 (BH 112929);
 Ithaca, north of Fall Creek and west of C.S. Railroad, 15 Apr 1875, Dudley (BH 1452);
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, near observatory, tree, 1 Jun 1914, Eames 2788 (BH 1441);
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, 2 Oct 1933, Ellis 637 (BH 49789);
 Ithaca, Renwick, 23 Oct 1933, Ellis 748 (BH 49791);
 Ithaca, Cornell University, in the Cornell Class of 1938 Native Maple Slope in the Botanical Gardens, a 4-minute walk South from the parking lot area near the Maple Slope., Maple slope is a large grass lawn with multch patches with trees growing solitarily. This tree grows closer to the road, in a mulch patch., This tree is about 15 feet tall. The leaves are 3-lobbed with deeply serrated margins. The colors of the leaves range from green to yellow, with brown speckles indicating a disease-infested tree., 19 Oct 2022, Kozma 006 (BH 302207);
 Cornell Plantations, Arboretum, Lowlands, Miller area, full sun, flat, base of west facing slope, Single trunked tree, 22 ft. tall, spread 14 ft., dh 5 inches. Bark smooth, grey. Flowers with exserted stamens, salmon pink., 13 Apr 2015, McNaull & Nix (BH 129908);
 Ithaca, Cornell University, Cornell Plantations, Arboretum, Lowlands, Class of 1947 (H52), full sun, flat, Single-trunked tree 30 ft. tall, spread 24 ft., dbh 10 in. Bark smooth, light grey, with lichen growing on it. Leaves green, glaucous below. Fruits tan, dry., 4 Jun 2007, Soriano & Warner 87-037*A (BH 42159);
 Ithaca, 25 Apr, anonymous (BH 1450);
 Ithaca, 1 Sep 1915, Bailey (BH 1449);
 Ithaca, 10 Apr & 14 May 1916, Bailey (BH 1457);
 Ithaca, Cornell University campus, near Ag. heating plant, roadside, 18 Apr 1917, Bechtel 8433 (BH 1451);
 Ithaca, near corner of Dryden Road and Bryant Avenue, thrifty shoots, 27 Oct 1934, Burnham 18588 (BH 1454);   VEmap  GOOmap
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, near observatory, tree, 1 Jun 1914, Eames 2788 (BH 12276);
 Ithaca, Inlet, southeast of Negundo Woods, in pasture, 25 Jun 1918, Eames 10253 (BH 12277);   VEmap  GOOmap
 Ithaca, Renwick Park, east of railroad, large tree, 6 Apr 1922, Foster 14832 (BH 12278);   VEmap  GOOmap
 Ithaca, in park at Ithaca Road and Irving Place, tree 20 m tall, 1 Mar 1977, Strauss (BH 1455);
 Ithaca, Maple Grove, 500 block of Dryden Road, Throwback to primative whorled condiiton of a sucker shoot from an otherwise normal tree., 26 Jul 1934, Taylor Jr. (BH 1453);
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