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In this way, are silver maples dangerous?
Silver maple is susceptible to fire damagebecauseof its thin bark, soft wood, and shallow/surface roots;surfacefires kill seedlings and saplings and wound largertrees,exacerbating the tendency to rot. Prescribed fire isnotrecommended where silver maple is adesirablespecies.
Accordingly, how fast do silver maple trees grow?
Silver Maple It grows like a weed -- three to seven feetperyear -- and can grow to 100 feet tall with a spread of60feet.
It is readily distinguished from sugarmaple(i.e., hard maple) as the leaves of silvermaple havedeep notches between the lobes, whereas sugarmaple's leaveshave shallower notches. Silver maple isconsidered to be inthe grouping of soft maples, and its woodis lighter,softer, and weaker than that of hardmaple.