Acer saccharum

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q214733
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Summary

Acer saccharum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.58% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,898 views/month, #1,132 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Acer[5]
  • Taxon name: Acer saccharum[6]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[7]
  • Commons category: Acer saccharum[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Acer saccharum[9]
  • Commons gallery: Acer saccharum[10]
  • Taxon synonym: Acer nigrum[11]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=409105[12]
  • This taxon is source of: hard maple[13], maple sugar[14], bird’s-eye maple[15]
  • Short name: A. saccharum[16]
  • Taxon common name: sugar maple[17], érable à sucre[18], 糖槭[19], sladkorni javor[20]
  • Flower color: green[21], yellow[22]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[23]
  • Has fruit type: samara[24]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[25]
  • Taxon author citation: Marshall[26]
  • Hardiness of plant: 3[27]

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Identifiers

Acer saccharum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52543[28]. Acer saccharum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4024[29]. Acer saccharum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 582247[30]. Acer saccharum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3189859[31]. Acer saccharum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 28731[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Acer saccharum include Canadian Gold Maple Leaf[33], a coin type[34], in Canada[35].

Why It Matters

Acer saccharum has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for it include Canadian Gold Maple Leaf[33], a coin type[34], in Canada[35].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Arbustrum Americanum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Database of Vascular Plants of Canada. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Lexicon of Plant Riches. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . plants.ces.ncsu.edu. plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · AdamSeattle · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of → hard maple, maple sugar, bird’s-eye maple
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ This taxon is source of: Q141099216"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2M2Cr4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 16w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foliage type → Q1131316
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Foliage type: deciduous plant"
  4. 23w ago · David Newton · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Acer
    Subclass of → useful plant
    Taxon rank → species
    This taxon is source of → hard maple, maple sugar, bird’s-eye maple
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Inflorescence: corymb"
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