The silver maple tree (Acer saccharinum) is one of the most common trees in North America. It generally grows 50 to 80 feet tall, though a 10-year-old sapling will stand approximately 25 feet tall.

On one Saturday this September, my wife, Heidi, went hiking with friends in Silverthorne. She sent me photos. The clouds are amazing, hovering above the mountains. The leaves are changing, they're a ...

A crowd gathered in front of a tree felled during Friday night’s thunderstorm to take pictures and collect a leaf or two as a memento and even mourn, for this was no ordinary tree. Perhaps 150 years ...

FELLED: Letter writer Kira Jahn stands beside a silver leaf maple tree before it was cut down recently. Editor’s note: The following letter was received after efforts failed to prevent a silver leaf ...

COLUMBIA — Brad Baldwin, Corey Draughon and Michael Jones from Nelson's Tree Service trim dead limbs from a silver leaf maple tree on Stewart Road on Thursday. Draughon estimates that the tree is 80 ...

Part of the tree that is said to have inspired the song The Maple Leaf Forever, unofficially considered Canada's first national anthem, is now on a pair of rock and roll tours. Two guitars have been ...

Audra Dar was having breakfast with her sorority sisters Monday morning when they heard a “huge crack,” looked out the window and watched a silver leaf maple tree fall on two cars parked along 10th ...

After early Canadian settlers learned the secrets of maple syrup from the natives, the maple tree went on to inspire the sickeningly sweet cabane à sucre, its wood became a favourite of furniture ...

The change looks alarming, but it’s not cause for concern in the long term, says registered professional botanist. Vast tracts of big leaf maple trees across the Island are turning a white-silver ...

Given that today is Canada’s 150th birthday, I felt that it might be just a touch unpatriotic of me not to dedicate this column to maple trees. And who knows, if I can spread enough ‘true patriot love ...