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Silver Maple Misidentified as Sugar Maple: Leaf Spot Issues

The trees described are silver maples (Acer saccharinum), not sugar maples. Silver maples have weak limbs prone to breaking. The leaf spots (tar spot, phyllosticta, bacterial spot) are common but rarely fatal. No treatment needed; the tree will survive despite cosmetic damage.

Leaf spot on silver maple

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