Check out this album if you got a minute and tell me if any of these aren't sugar maples. I can't be sure. I want to tap them for sap/syrup next winter. If they aren't exactly sugar maples, can I still tap them? I've heard that there is less sugar content in the sap. Will that mean a taste change or simply the amount of water I'll have to evaporate to get X amount of syrup?
Here's the album. I just randomly selected 2 leaves so you could see the tops and bottoms. If you see no leaves, it will be on the next photo of the canopy (I couldn't reach the leaves.)
https://plus.google.com/photos/107262559032876162394/albums/6037453734737068209
Thought sugar maples were somewhat rare in Missouri. No one I know taps or talks about it...