When it dribbles from the tree, sap is anywhere from 1 to 3 percent sugar. To make maple syrup, sap must be boiled down to a much sweeter 66 percent sugar, a process that took hours. Justin Kaneps ...
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 ...
Editor's Note: Some of our favorite birds live and breed in woods alongside sugar maple trees, and the choices made by landowners who manage forests to produce maple syrup have profound impacts on ...
Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) is the state tree of New York, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Vermont, and maples, in general, are the national trees of Canada — and for good reason. Not only do they ...
Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) is the state tree of New York, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Vermont, and maples, in general, are the national trees of Canada — and for good reason. Not only do they ...