Handbook of the Trees of New England

by Lorin Low Dame; Henry M. Brooks

Plate LXXIV.—Acer Saccharum, var. nigrum.

1. Fruiting branch.

Acer spicatum, Lam.

Mountain Maple.

Habitat and Range.—In damp forests, rocky highland woods, along the sides of mountain brooks at altitudes of 500-1000 feet.

From Nova Scotia and Newfoundland to Saskatchewan.

Maine,—common, especially northward in the forests; New Hampshire and Vermont,—common; Massachusetts,—rather common in western and central sections, occasional eastward; Rhode Island,—occasional northward; Connecticut,—occasional in northern and central sections; reported as far south as North Branford (New Haven county).

Along mountain ranges to Georgia.