Summary
Place of publication:
Brittonia 7:382. 1952
Verified:
07/07/1997
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Gelderen, D. M. van et al. 1994. Maples of the world
- Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States Note: = Acer nigrum F. Michx.
- Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 Note: = Acer nigrum F. Michx.
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States
- Murray, A. E. 1970. A monograph of the Aceraceae. Ph.D. diss., Pennsylvania State Univ.
- Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio. Note: = Acer saccharum var. viride (Schmidt) E. A. Murray
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora. Note: mentions
- Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
Common names
English
black maple – black sugar maple – rock maple – Swedish
svartlönn –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Québec | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Iowa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | n.e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Connecticut | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Hampshire | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Vermont | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | West Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | n.w. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | w. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [Québec (s.), Ontario (s.)]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan (s.), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (n.e.), Minnesota (s.), Missouri, Wisconsin]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arkansas (n.w.), Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina (w.), Tennessee, Virginia]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Gelderen, D. M. van et al. 1994. Maples of the world |
Environmental | shade/shelter | as A. nigrum | Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States Note: = Acer nigrum F. Michx. |
Human food | sugar | for making maple syrup fide Maples; Food Feed Crops US | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Materials | wood | as A. nigrum | Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States Note: = Acer nigrum F. Michx. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=314801.
Accessed 28 April 2025.