Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) is a deciduous tree also referred to as hard maple or rock maple. It is one of the largest and most important hardwood species in North America, typically reaching 70-90 ...

This week, we introduce the sugar maple or Acer saccharum. This tree, also called hard maple, has simple leaves typically with five lobes, two smaller lobes at the base and three larger lobes at the ...

A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. Corey Snyder, a wood ...

But threatened species also occur in other parts of Asia and the Americas. The North American sugar maple is famous for giving us maple syrup, a favourite pancake topping for many. Two little ...

A large proportion of the color is provided by maples, including the sugar maple, red maple and striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum). Although maples here rarely color up so well, and never on such ...

So how exactly does The Maple Guild produce syrup on a macro scale? Well, it all starts with the trees. These are sugar maple trees, and The Maple Guild has 460,000 of them spanning across the ...

but the cheaper imitations labelled ‘maple-flavoured syrup’ made from a mixture of maple syrup and cane syrup just don’t compare to the real thing. True maple syrup from Canada and the north ...

Ten years later in 2020, maple syrup production increased to 804,000. That wasn’t their highest production year, however. In ...

Beyond its distinctive taste, many wonder if maple syrup has any nutritional benefits that could make it a good alternative sweetener to using sugar alone. Start the day smarter. Get all the news ...

It's time to fall in love with maple syrup — and maybe meet someone at the same time. October is the start of cuffing season ...

Another popular natural sweetener, maple syrup, has claimed its place atop many pancakes. If you're cutting back on sugar, you may want to skip the pancakes but hang on to the syrup, which is ...