Silver maple

Silver maple
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Sapindales Family: Aceraceae Genus: Acer Species: saccharinum
Binomial nomenclature
Acer saccharinum

The silver maple, Acer saccharinum, is a large tree of North American riparian zones. It is fast-growing, with brittle wood. The roots and shallow and fibrous and easily invade septic fields and old drain pipes. It is, nonetheless, popular as a street and yard tree because of its rapid growth and ease of propagation and transplanting.