![]() Of course, simply knowing how to identify a sugar maple is just the first step towards amazing DIY, backyard maple syrup. If you’re not certain if the neon green color you see is indeed a grove of sugar maples, getting a glimpse of the unique dangling clusters of blooms will reassure you. And birch trees are typically shorter and more round shaped overall than a maple tree. The only other even slightly similar colored buds are the birch trees, but their white bark distinguishes them in a heartbeat. Truly, the neon green color of the buds and new leaves of the sugar maple are so distinctive, once you start to see it from a distance, you will know a sugar maple from afar. (This is the tree that is behind me in the video, seen from another angle.) This picture gives you a better idea of the true brilliance of the sugar maple’s spring buds, followed by an up close picture of the buds. Unfortunately, the brilliant neon green color of the maple buds isn’t very obvious in the video. In this video, I point out a few sugar maples in our front field. On our frequent long drives north on I-89 this spring I was shocked at how obvious–and prevalent–the sugar maple groves were along the long stretch of interstate.
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