Silver Maple

Fall foliage color is yellow. While used extensively as a street tree in the north, this fast growing species is relatively weak.



Specimen tree. Frequently used as a street tree as tolerant of root disturbance. Fall color is yellow.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Its prolific root system is notorious for invading and clogging leaky underground drainage and water lines. Susceptible to wind or ice damage due to its brittle wood.

The  are important food for squirrels during late winter/early spring. Budburst comes during the critical late winter-spring period when stored food supplies of squirrels are exhausted.  

Important as a beaver food source in areas where it is common. May be important to wood ducks.

Floodplains.

• Fall color
• Attracts bees.
• Larval host for Cecropia silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia).