The most commonly planted maple trees are Red Maple (Acer rubrum), Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), Silver Maple (Acer ...

Identifying maples can be important especially if you are interested in sugar maple for syrup. Here we will take a brief look at some Norway and sugar maple winter characteristics.

Learning about the art of maple sugaring, when the sap from trees is collected to make syrup while on a hike, a cooking demonstration, and a tasting Saturday at Robinson Nature Center.

Attendees learned to identify and tap Maple trees, collect sap, and make syrup over a wood-fired evaporator.

Scientists from the Harvard Forest and the Wuhan Botanical Garden have identified several species of maple trees as potential foundation species in Chinese and North American forests.

A line of attendees follow a hiking trail to find, identify, and tap a maple tree to collect sap during a maple sugaring demonstration at Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center in Chatham on ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee takes us through the different characteristics of coniferous trees found here in Indiana, particularly their foliage and the ...

Visitors to Codorus State Park can discover how maple syrup is made, from sap to syrup, during free one-hour programs offered at the park.

Ever wanted to tap a tree and make your own maple syrup? We’ve got four ways to learn or pitch in. Here in mid-February, maple sap may start to run in little spurts when temperatures rise above ...

Only a few types of trees have spherical, prickly seed pods, and each of these spiky trees has distinctive features. Here's how to tell them apart.

The first of nine groups scheduled Saturday gather at Robinson Nature Center for its first-ever maple sugaring and syrup tasting event. Participants hiked to tapped trees, learned how to identify m… ...