Picture Courtesy . State of New York . . . . It's the most popular state tree, representing Vermont, New York, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Moreover, the largest nation, Canada, is represented by a flag depicting a red maple leaf. For starters, it's a very attractive tree, becoming downright spectacular in the fall.
Sugar maples have rather short trunks but large, dense crowns.
Maples have long been revered as shade and ornamental trees. The sugar maple's glory is its fiery autumn crown. As the days grow shorter, green chlorophyll slowly ebbs out of the leaves of various tree species. Green forests give way to multi-colored displays. But few trees are as spectacular in autum as the sugar maple.