Its wood is stronger stiffer harder and denser than all of the other species of maple commercially available in lumber form.
Are maple trees a hardwood.
Hard maple ought to be considered the king of the acer genus.
Silver maple this tree is close behind the sugar maple in terms of being the most prolific tree in north america.
The most common hard maple is the sugar or rock maple.
The maple tree is a member of a group of 200 species of trees and shrubs worldwide that belong to the acer family.
Also note that black maple not pictured isn t quite as hard as its close relative hard maple and ranks in the mid range with a hardness of 1 180 lb f.
A sugar maple s wood is the most dense of all maple wood and is used frequently in furniture and flooring.
It grows natively in the northeastern regions of the united states and can reach a height of more than 100 feet at maturity.
With leaves that look very similar to the sugar maple the silver maple s leaves are thinner with more defined points.
It s also the state tree in four different states in the us for more information please see the article on the differences between hard maple and soft.
Softwood comes from a conifer cone bearing or evergreen trees such as pine or spruce.
The sugar maple tree or acer saccharum is classified as a hard hardwood maple tree.
The wood of the sugar maple is strong heavy and hard with a light brown to reddish color.
The texture and density of the wood a tree produces puts it in either the hardwood or softwood category.