Editing Acer saccharum (section)

== Big trees ==
[[File:Sugar Maple-Acer saccharum-Comfort Maple Conservation Area-Town of Pelham-Ontario-OHAR5725-20221023 (1).jpg|thumb|[[Comfort Maple]] in [[Pelham, Ontario]]]]
The United States [[National register of big trees|national champion]] for ''Acer saccharum'' is located in [[Charlemont, Massachusetts]]. In 2007, the year it was submitted, it had a circumference of {{convert|5.92|m|in ftin}} at {{convert|1.3|m|ftin}} above the ground's surface, and thus a [[diameter at breast height]] of about {{convert|1.88|m|ftin}}. At that time the tree was {{convert|34.1|m|ftin}} tall with an average crown spread of {{convert|27.7|m|ftin}}. Using the scoring system of circumference in inches plus height in feet plus 25% of crown spread in feet resulted in a total number of 368 points at the National Register of Big Trees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanforests.org/big-trees/sugar-maple-acer-saccharum-5/|title=Sugar Maple (''Acer saccharum'') - Champion Tree, National Forests, Massachusetts|date=15 September 2016|website=americanforests.org|access-date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131185725/http://www.americanforests.org/big-trees/sugar-maple-acer-saccharum-5/|archive-date=31 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> A tree in [[Lyme, Connecticut]], measured in 2012, had a circumference of {{convert|18.25|ft|ftin m|0|disp=out}}, or an average diameter at breast height of about {{convert|5.8|ft|ftin m}}. This tree had been {{convert|123|ft|m}} tall with a crown spread of {{convert|86|ft}}, counting for a total number of 364 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanforests.org/big-trees/sugar-maple-acer-saccharum-4/|title=Sugar Maple (''Acer saccharum'') - Champion Tree, National Forests, Connecticut|date=15 September 2016|website=americanforests.org|access-date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131192249/http://www.americanforests.org/big-trees/sugar-maple-acer-saccharum-4/|archive-date=31 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>