The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Wright Brothers sugar maple, Moraine sugar maple

Family: Aceraceae (maple family)

Synonym: Acer saccharum 'Moraine'

Distribution: Species native to e. North America

Hardiness: USDA Zone 4

Life form: Deciduous tree

Plant Patent Info.: PP4,534; 13 May, 1980

Comments: This well-known, native tree selection was made for its outstanding and unusual orange fall color and its more conical habit, rather than the upright oval habit of the species. It grows up to 60' tall and 40' wide at nearly twice the rate of the species. It shows resistance to leaf tatter and frost cracking of the trunk and is suitable for use as a large shade tree.