Species profile
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
19,905 on Toronto's streets — 2.89% of the city's catalogued canopy.
🍁 Fall colour Sep 30 – Oct 20: pale yellow, fast turn
Toronto history — Native silver maple. Fast-growing, hugely popular through the mid-20th century; now planted sparingly because the wood is brittle and the roots lift sidewalks.
Acer saccharinum, commonly known as silver maple, creek maple, silverleaf maple, soft maple, large maple, water maple, swamp maple, or white maple, is a species of maple native to the eastern and central United States and southeastern Canada. It is one of the most common trees in the United States.
Planting profile (from the City of Toronto)
| Native to | Native to Ontario |
| Mature size | Large, 20m high by 14m wide |
| Growth rate | Fast |
| Sensitivity | Very hardy |
| Best site | Lawns and boulevards |
| Plants under overhead wires | No |
Where they cluster
| Neighbourhood | Trees |
|---|---|
| East Willowdale | 615 |
| Rosedale-Moore Park | 487 |
| Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills | 458 |
| Kingsway South | 428 |
| Bedford Park-Nortown | 425 |
| Banbury-Don Mills | 390 |
| Mimico-Queensway | 322 |
| Annex | 320 |
Notable specimens
- 200 cm DBH at 240 HALLMARK AVE · view →
- 200 cm DBH at 19 DON RIDGE DR · view →
- 200 cm DBH at 300 ST GEORGE ST TORONTO · view →
- 200 cm DBH at 147 YORK DOWNS DR · view →
- 200 cm DBH at 19 MACLENNAN AVE · view →
- 200 cm DBH at 32 DEARHAM WOOD · view →
- 200 cm DBH at 136 EUCLID AVE SCARBOROUGH · view →
- 200 cm DBH at 32 DANIELS ST · view →