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Botanical Name

Acer saccharum Marsh., Acer pakmifolium Borkh., Acer saccharinum Wangen. (Fam. Aceraceae)

Trade Names

Vogelaugenahorn, Zuckerahorn, Acero da zucchero, Birdseye maple, Rock maple, Hard maple, Erable moucheté, Canadian maple

Substitution

Celtis, European Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), Muiratinga, Nigerian Satinwood (Distemonanthus benthamianus) as well as Norwegian Maple and Field Maple.

Indigenous to

America

Characteristics

Bird´s eye: punctual, fine-snaggy structural changes caused by disturbances during growth of the cambium, associated with tangential-, also radial-undulated, overlaid grain course, appearing eye-like, sometimes undulated or mottled designs of the woods. The sapwood and the heartwood are hardly different. The sapwood is light colored, creamy white, while the heartwood is light-reddish to reddish brown. It has a nice shine and often a very decorative figuring. Rays are numerous, little and unclear. The structure is short and straight grained; the texture is very fine, compact and constant.