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How to tell soft maples (Red Maple and Silver Maple) from Sugar Maple

   Sugar Maple has rounded notches between the lobes of the leaf. The leaves are arranged oppositely from each other on the stem.
 Red and Silver Maple (the soft maples) have sharp leaf notches. All maples have oppositely arranged leaves.