Common Name - Sugar Maple

Scientific Name - Acer saccharum

Description: gray to dark ; on old trees becomes brown to black and is deeply furrowed into long thick plates which are often loose along one edge; scaly. The wood is heavy, hard, and very close grained. 
The Sugar Maple Tree Bark

Description:
gray to dark ;  on old trees becomes brown to black and is deeply furrowed into long thick plates which are often loose along one edge;  scaly.  The wood is heavy, hard, and very close grained. 

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