Scientific name: Acer dendidentatum
Common name: Bigtooth Maple, (Canyon Maple, Western Sugar Maple)
Native: Yes
Native range: Western North America [1]
Distribution in North America: Click to view the USDA Plants Database page for A. grandidentatum.
USDA Zones: 5-8 [2]
Maximum age: [4]
Ecology: Used as livestock forage and foraged by wild mammals. Small thickets attract birds and small mammels for nesting sites. Thick cover in riparian sites keeps stream water cool in summer months. Deep rootsystems also stabilize stream banks. [1]. Bigtooth maple can be found on many soil types. It is intolerant of prolonged flooding and saline or alkaline soils. It is most often found on silty loams with a medium to rocky soil texture. [3]
Ethnobotany: Many consider Bigtooth Maple a sub species of the Sugar Maple, Acer saccarum, common in eastern North America as the tree can be tapped for maple syrup. [5] Bigtooth Maple produces vibrant fall color in it's native and urban environment. [3]