Are these maple?

[Slackbunny]

So I think at least a few of these are maple of some kind. I think they're either sugar, red or silver maple but I can't be sure without the leaves. Some of them I am more confident about than others, but I'm not certain about any of them. I want to tap them for maple syrup, so if you guys could confirm if they are any of those species that would be great. I only have pics of the bark, but I can try to get different pics if you guys need them. They're only a couple minutes walk from my doorway.

Here is tree #1




Tree #2




Tree #3




Tree #4




TREE #5

[PrimitiveTim]

It's possible.  Need leaves to tell for sure though.  Down here in Florida the maples' leaves turn bright red and yellow when the weather starts acting like Fall.

[Slackbunny]

The more pics I look at, the more I think that they're either silver or red maple, but I just don't know.

Edit: Okay I did some digging around in the snow, and I did manage to find dead leaves on the ground in the vicinity. There are both red and silver maple leaves on the ground in abundance and a handful of sugar maple ones too, but I can't say for sure which trees they came from or if they simply blew in.

[Pat B]

The sugar maples around here have a scally bark and the reds have smooth bark.

[PEARL DRUMS]

I dont believe those are hard/sugar maples. Probably red or silver, neither are good bow wood.

[Slackbunny]

Well, I think I might tap them anyway, just to see. I am pretty sure they are maples.

Would there be a way I could tell by the color or taste of the sap? Or would I just have to boil it down and see if it tastes like maple syrup?

[Pat B]

You can tap birch trees too I believe.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Ive been told you can make syrup from almost any tree sap. Just something I heard.

[chigger]

The top pic and the bottom two are Silver ,the third is a Maple and may be a Sugar ,the others I can't tell ..This might help.

[bow101]

It's possible.  Need leaves to tell for sure though.  Down here in Florida the maples' leaves turn bright red and yellow when the weather starts acting like Fall.

Well ther e would not any leaves on the Tree if it was maple, would have to dig under the snow to identify.

[trad bow]

I don't know for sure but that white stuff sure looks like our river sand down here.

[PEARL DRUMS]

I just looked at your location. Dang what a small world. I hunted with Don Hebert in 2003, I bleieve it was in Moncton or St Anne De Kent? I have covered the western provinces and yours is thee best without question. I love New Brunswick.

[Marc St Louis]

You can tell the difference between Red and Sugar Maple by the leaf bud, Sugar is pointy and red rounded.

[turtle]

The smaller ones look like silver maple. Not sure about the other ones. Read somewhere once that box elder has the same sugar content as sugar maple( around 7%) most other maples around 2-3%.

[Slackbunny]

I just looked at your location. Dang what a small world. I hunted with Don Hebert in 2003, I bleieve it was in Moncton or St Anne De Kent? I have covered the western provinces and yours is thee best without question. I love New Brunswick.

Yeah I live about an hour and twenty minutes from Moncton. Its a pretty great place to live, and a decent place to hunt. The deer population has taken a licking over the past few winters but the moose and black bear are all over the place.