Aceraceae Acer saccharum Marsh.
Sugar Maple
Potawatomi - Food, Candy
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 92
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Acer saccharum Marsh.
Scientific name: Acer saccharum Marsh.
USDA symbol: ACSAS (
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Common names: Sugar Maple
Family: Aceraceae
Family (APG): Sapindaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Candy
Notes: Children made taffy by cooling the maple sap in the snow.
RECRD: 264 id: 709