18 Trees That Can Be Tapped For Their Sap

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18 Trees That Can Be Tapped For Their Sap

18 Trees That Can Be Tapped For There Sap

Some trees yield a sugar-rich sap which can be drunk raw, fermented into alcoholic beverages or gently boiled down to syrup. Below is a list of 20 tress that you can be tapped and their sap be used on your homestead.

This howto video will teach you everything you need to know about tapping maple trees, and the do’s and don’ts for when to tap, how to tap, where to tap, and so much more!

Sugar maple

Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) Not to be confused with Acer saccharinum, the silver maple. Acer saccharum is a deciduous tree normally reaching heights of 25–35 m tall,and exceptionally up to 45 m. A 10-year-old tree is typically about 5 m  tall. When healthy, the sugar maple can live for over 400 years.

Sugar-maple
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Canyon maple

Acer grandidentatum (bigtooth maple, Canyon maple) is a species of maple native to interior western North America, occurring in scattered populations from western Montana in the United States south to Coahuila in northern Mexico. It is closely related to Acer saccharum (sugar maple),

Canyon maple
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Betula lenta

Betula lenta (sweet birch, also known as black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, or spice birch), Native to eastern North America, black birch is most popular for its use in making birch beer.  And, as this list suggests, the black birch can be tapped.

Betula lenta
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River birch

River birch (Betula nigra) Betula nigra is a species of birch native to the Eastern United States from New Hampshire west to southern Minnesota, and south to northern Florida and west to Texas

Betula nigra
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Gray birch

Gray birch (Betula populifolia) is more of a shrub than a tree, but may be tapped if it grows large enough. Betula populifolia is a deciduous tree native to North America. Range: It ranges from southeastern Ontario east to Nova Scotia, and south to Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with disjunct populations in Indiana, Virginia, and North Carolina

Gray birch

European white birch

European white birch (Betula pendula), commonly known as silver birch or warty birch, is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to Europe and parts of Asia, though in southern Europe it is only found at higher altitudes.

European white birch

Sycamore

Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) Native to North America, the sycamore tree has a lower sugar content than sugar maple, yet is reported to produce a syrup that exudes a butterscotch flavor.

Sycamore
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Rocky Mountain maple

Rocky Mountain maples (Acer glabrum), This is a species of maple native to western North America, from southeastern Alaska, British Columbia and western Alberta, east to western Nebraska, and south through Washington, Oregon, Idaho,

Rocky Mountain maple

Butternut, white walnut

Butternut, white walnut (Juglans cinerea) The butternut produces a sap that yields roughly 2% sugar – similar to sugar maples. Juglans cinerea, commonly known as butternut or white walnut, is a species of walnut native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.

Butternut, white walnut

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