Manitoba Maple vs Silver Maple - TreeTime.ca

Manitoba Maple vs Silver Maple

Acer saccharinum

Acer negundo

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Silver Maple
Manitoba Maple

Silver Maple is a fast-growing, large deciduous tree that typically has a short trunk and sharply branched crown.

Silver Maple bears red flowers in early spring and beautiful five lobed, deeply notched green and silver leaves that turn yellow in the fall. This versatile and attractive shade tree requires a large yard.

Silver Maple is often used to make syrup instead of Sugar Maple in colder areas where Sugar Maple sap does not sweeten very well (like the Canadian prairies).

Manitoba Maple is a fast growing tree with great fall color. These trees are typically grown as feature or shade trees on larger properties and acreages. Manitoba maples are cold hardy and tolerant of a wide range of soil moisture conditions.

Note that Manitoba Maple is considered toxic to horses.

Silver Maple Quick Facts

Manitoba Maple Quick Facts

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Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 20 m (66 ft)
Height: 15 m (49 ft)
Spread: 12 m (40 ft)
Spread: 12 m (39 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: any
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: any
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: long
Life span: short
Suckering: low
Suckering: medium
Maintenance: medium


Foliage: silvery undersides
Fall colour: pale yellow to brown
Fall colour: yellow to orange
Flowers: white
Fruit: winged samara
Seeds: located within the winged samaras
Seeds: winged samaras
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


In row spacing: 2.4 - 3 m (8 - 10 ft)
Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)
Native to: ON, QC, NB
Native to: AB, SK, MB, ON
Other Names: creek maple, silverleaf maple, soft maple, water maple, white maple
Other Names: ash maple, ashleaf maple, black ash, box elder, boxelder maple, california boxelder, cut-leaved maple, cutleaf maple, elf maple, negundo maple, red river maple, stinking ash, sugar ash, three-leaved maple, western boxelder