Silver Maple

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Intermediate

Water

Water Use Medium

Drought Tolerance Low

Flood Tolerance High

Soil

Soil Types Clay, Loam, Sand

CaCO3 Tolerance Medium

Fertility Need Low

Stress Tolerance

Fire Tolerance Low

Salt Tolerance Low

Climate

pH Range 4.0 – 7.3

Frost-Free Days 120 days

Precipitation 20 – 70 in

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Host Alsophila pometaria, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Automeris io io, Caloptilia packardella, Cameraria aceriella, Cameraria saccharella, Colocasia flavicornis, Colocasia propinquilinea, Dasychira vagans, Eacles imperialis, Eacles imperialis imperialis, Ennomos subsignaria, Episimus tyrius, Erannis tiliaria, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Euxoa messoria, Heterocampa biundata, Heterocampa guttivitta, Hyalophora cecropia, Hypena baltimoralis, Hyphantria cunae, Lambdina fervidaria athasaria, Lambdina fiscellaria, Leucoma salicis, Lithophane antennata, Lithophane bethunei, Lithophane grotei, Lithophane laticinerea, Lophocampa caryae, Lymantria dispar, Macaria pustularia, Machimia tetoriferella, Malacosoma americana, Morrisonia confusa, Morrisonia latex, Operophtera brumata, Orgyia leucostigma, Orthosia hibisci, Paleacrita vernata, Papaipema nebris, Parallelia bistriaris, Peridroma saucia, Phyllonorycter clemensella, Phyllonorycter lucidicostella, Phyllonorycter trinotella, Proteoteras aesculana, Proteoteras moffatiana, Schizura ipomoeae, Semiothisa aemulataria, Spaelotis clandestina, Sparganothis acerivorana, Sparganothis pettitana, Sunira bicolorago, Synanthedon acerni, Synanthedon acerni buscki

Fall Color Yes

Evergreen No

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin
CAN: Ontario, Québec

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.