The Spectacular Sugar Maple

Imagine a tree native to the northeastern U.S. with simple, palmate leaves and spectacular fall foliage! Such a tree would describe the spectacular sugar maple!
While the sugar maple thrives throughout the northeastern U.S., other closely related species have a greater tolerance of heat, drought, and alkaline soils. In a cool microclimate, the 'Green Mountain' cultivar even manages to survive in USDA hardiness zone 8 in the Deep South!