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The rock maple, hard maple, or sugar maple tree (acer
saccharum) are the sources of the sap which is converted to Maple Syrup.
Any sugar maple with a trunk diameter of 12 inches or more can be "tapped"
for making syrup. It takes thirty years for a maple tree to grow to that
size.