Ok, to those in the know, how am I to know what is silver maple as opposed to any other maple. I had an order request for a pen set out of it and don't really know if I already have it or not as I don't know the difference. Help?
Siver Maple vs Other Maple
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bjackman
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Silver Maple, In my experience is one of the whitest cream colored maples around. It is also probably the softest. If you have trouble finding some that is specifically identified as silver maple, I've got a bunch I could guarantee is silver maple, for you.
Woodlvr
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Bill,
Do you get your silver maple locally?
Mike
Do you get your silver maple locally?
Mike
I'v got some identified to me as soft maple but it is more tan not white, who really knows what it is, it was part of a mixed lot I acquired along the way. I have lots of other I know as Maple but none I can really say is silver per say. I guess if you would be willing to tade me a couple blanks for somehing else I would at least not be stretching the truth of its type to my customer. It is a simple slimeline set being requested so I would need blanks to fit. Let me know what ya think. Thanks,
Landon
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alamocdc
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Hmmm, I have one Silver Maple and three "soft" Maples (all about the same age and size) and the branches from the Silver are harder than the soft. The Silver only drops a few limbs/year while the others keep the yard littered. Any little storm or breeze and I wake up to a mess. I take at least four truck loads of small branches and twigs to the dump every year, almost all of it from the soft Maple. Haven't cut a large enough branch of the Silver to talk about color, but the soft Maple is definitely much more tan than white... or even cream or off white for that matter.
fiferb
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I thought Silver Maple and Box Elder were the same.
That would be news to me, while box elder is related to maple I have never heard of it referred to as silver maple.
rherrell
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I have one in my front yard that's gonna get trimmed here before spring. I can send you a couple branches.
GBusardo
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I think the silver maple is the one with the "noses". Or maybe they all have them? I do know that the silver maple gets its name from the silvery color of the undersides of its leaves. Usually seen when the wind blows. Great shade tree, grows fast, softish.