Manitoba Maple vs Silver Maple - TreeTime.ca

Manitoba Maple vs Silver Maple

Acer negundo

Acer saccharinum

Manitoba Maple
Silver Maple

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 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 Quick Facts

Silver Maple Quick Facts

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Lowest Price: $4.49 - SAVE UP TO 36%
Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 15 m (49 ft)
Height: 20 m (66 ft)
Spread: 12 m (39 ft)
Spread: 12 m (40 ft)
Light: any
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: any
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: long
Suckering: medium
Suckering: low
Maintenance: medium


Foliage: silvery undersides
Fall colour: yellow to orange
Fall colour: pale yellow to brown
Flowers: white
Fruit: winged samara
Seeds: winged samaras
Seeds: located within the 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: AB, SK, MB, ON
Native to: ON, QC, NB
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
Other Names: creek maple, silverleaf maple, soft maple, water maple, white maple