Plants › soapberry family
black maple
Acer nigrum
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
sugar mapleAcer saccharum
red mapleAcer rubrum
Norway mapleAcer platanoides
American tuliptreeLiriodendron tulipifera
American sycamorePlatanus occidentalis
sycamore mapleAcer pseudoplatanus
box elderAcer negundo
southern sugar mapleAcer floridanum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 3,346 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 2,864 |
| Ontario | 2,071 |
| Ohio | 1,011 |
| New York | 729 |
| Michigan | 633 |
| Quebec | 534 |
| Indiana | 533 |
| West Virginia | 245 |
| Wisconsin | 197 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Tree growth formListed by a harvested source as having a tree growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Soapberries, Cashews, Mahoganies, and Allies · Sapindales |
| Family | soapberry family · Sapindaceae |
| Genus | maples · Acer |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise black maple with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.