2 yard trees down, is this sugar maple?

I started taking down a crab apple a bit back I got one side down but the other side of the Y was leaning toward the house and power lines. Also the maple is in the woods right on the property line. It split about 30’ up and was hung up on another maple. A tree service was doing a big job around the corner and I spoke to the guy, he checked both out and gave me a very good cash price to drop both. So they were dropped, no one got hurt, no property or structures got hurt. I have some pictures of both. I always thought this maple was sugar. Other trees in this woods have been tapped for sap and I was asked if this one could be. It is nice wood very straight. Splits easy. The growth rings are pretty wide.
Here’s the crab apple.



Some pics of the maple:



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Might be Norway Maple, can't say for sure if it is, but it definitely is not Sugar Maple.

 

The second to last pic it does look like sugar maple to me. Cant say ive ever seen one with large growth rings like yours. Norway maples are fast growing and usually on the edge of properties. Norway splits easier than sugar too and is more brittle based on my experience ThomH123 . As far as i know only sugar maple can be tapped so if asked to do that i vote sugar.
Are you in E. Granby, Conn?

 

I am in East Granby CT. Land of taxes. It is not Norway. I have processed Norway before. Different bark and wood.


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it is sugar like i thought ThomH123 . Im in North Haven. Been a few of us CT guys chatting on the "miracle of life" thread.
Nice to meet another fellow CT hoarder

 

I think it could be Sugar, it's so hard to tell from pics.

 

Any maple tree can be tapped. Sugar hard maple will give you a lighter quality syrup. Red's will darken your syrup.. I can't tell you what it is but I've never seen a sugar maple with rings that wide.

 

I didnt know that. I learned something new again on the forum. On my way to my FHC PHD

 

I hope some of you CT folks, will be making it up to the GTG in NH, at Well Seasoned's.

 

Silver maple can be tapped as well but its sap has a much lower sugar content so much more is needed for the same yield. Black maple can also be tapped, but it produces less sap so you need far more trees for the same yield. As a matter of fact, box elder can even be tapped. Some friends of mine in New York state tell many operators there, and other places as well, tap every type if maple on the properity and mix all the sap together for processing.

 

Yes Ralphie Boy it was supposed to say red or soft maples.. Thanks for the assist

 

I stand corrected, the leaves are opening up now. I picked this leaf from a neighboring tree and I believe it is Norway Maple.



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Could be hybrid or red... Definitely not sugar or rock..