Deciduous trees, up to 20 meters high. Branchlets green, glabrous. Odd-pinnate compound leaves, leaflets 3-7 (9), ovate to oblong-lanceolate, leaf margin with irregular notches, terminal leaflets usually 3-lobed. Flowers are unisexual, the male inflorescence is corymbose and the female inflorescence is raceme. The fruit wings are long and narrow, and the Zhang Kaicheng angle is acute or right. It blooms in April and bears fruit in September. Native to North America, it has been introduced and cultivated in East China, Northeast China and North China. Native to eastern Canada and the United States.

Acer saccharum is a deciduous tree belonging to Aceraceae, which is light-loving, cold-resistant, drought-tolerant and adaptable. China can grow in Liaoning from north to south and in Jiangsu, Anhui and northern Hubei from south. In autumn, the leaves are brightly colored and the crown is dense, which is suitable for ornamental trees in large gardens or open areas. In the forests of temperate regions of North America, there is a kind of sugar maple, commonly known as maple, which is the most famous in Canada. There are several varieties of sugar maple, such as sugar maple, silver maple and red maple. The first two kinds are famous for producing sugar. Maple can be used as building material or equipment material, musical instrument material, sculpture material, etc. , can also be planted for ornamental purposes. Plants used for logging and fire.