How to Use silver maple in a Sentence

silver maple

noun
  • One species, the silver maple, is among the most overplanted in Maryland.
    Sharon Boies, baltimoresun.com, 17 June 2021
  • The swamp forest in this area includes tamarack, silver maple, red maple, and green ash.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2024
  • But that pounding the house took finally brought me around, and now the silver maple is coming down, piece by piece.
    Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2021
  • The tree is to replace a 40-plus-year-old silver maple that was taken down in January due to breakage.
    oregonlive, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The recesses left by the melting ice, called kettles, are home to rare wetland plants and more trees — elm, ash, silver maple, white oak.
    Kristan Schiller, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • For example, a silver maple sheds seeds in late spring, while white oaks drop acorns in late summer or early fall.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Tewes said silver maple, tatarian maple and some oaks can’t draw nutrients out of Utah’s acidic soil.
    Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 May 2022
  • On the other hand, fast-growing trees, such as silver maples, often have weak wood that easily breaks in storms.
    Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Currently 15 feet tall, the silver maple tree will have a permanent home in Battery Park City, in front of the museum.
    Julia Gergely, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Caddo and trident maples are also good choices, but not silver maple, red maple and the smooth-bark hybrids such as Autumn Blaze.
    Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Phillips says the temperature change may benefit some animal and plant species, such as the silver maple and sycamore.
    Post-Tribune, 16 May 2018
  • The silver maple far outnumbers other types of trees, which the plan says could be a liability.
    Craig Lyons, Post-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Among the holy ground, guests will find a 200-year-old silver maple tree, plenty of roses, and a picture perfect South Lawn, surrounded by butterfly- and bird-friendly trees and shrubs.
    Michaela Bechler, Vogue, 22 May 2018
  • Tree plantings included silver maple, box elder, swamp and black oak, and varieties of birch, cedar, and willow trees.
    BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2021
  • Limbs as heavy as anvils are hammering to earth as the massive silver maple in the front yard is painstakingly deconstructed by a tireless team of arborists.
    Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2021
  • Last weekend, West, 51, and a handful of locals sat in rocking chairs and at picnic tables under the shade of a silver maple tree, discussing preparations for Sept. 20.
    NBC News, 27 July 2019
  • One such tree is the silver maple.
    David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 30 Jan. 2026
  • There are several varieties that feed on apple, pear, elm, alder, beech, hawthorn, and silver maple trees.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the birds stood still and silent on their nests, but most were in motion, hopping around on branches at the top of their silver maples, raising a general ruckus.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025

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