No industry symbolises Canada more than maple syrup. The dark, sweet sap, vacuum pumped from maple trees during the cold winter months, is so important to the country that it maintains a national ...

A single 100-gram serving of maple syrup provides more than 100% of the recommended daily amount of manganese and riboflavin (vitamin B-2), and is a significant source of magnesium, zinc and calcium.

Commercially, red maple wood is put to various uses, from furniture and flooring to boxes, bowls, and clothes pins. The species is valued by homeowners and landscapers because of its rapid growth ...

Dave in Port St. Lucie reports his decades old red maple bloomed, produced seeds and new leaves, However, suddenly, the leaves turned brown on the tree and one other in his yard.

Red maple benefits wildlife in many ways, Hamilton added. Buds, flowers, seeds and even the bark are food for moth caterpillars, aphids, leafhoppers and beetle larvae.

The hard maples include the sugar and black maple, and have great commercial value because of their strong, close grained wood, often used for making furniture, cabinets, flooring and wood trim.