Acer saccharum 2,737 claims

species · family Sapindaceae · green plant · NCBI Taxonomy ↗

Common name: sugar maple — Also written in claims: sugar maple · sugar maples · sugar maple trees · Black Maple · A.saccharum · A. saccharum Marsh

Listed here with its subspecies, varieties and cultivar groups: Acer saccharum subsp. nigrum (14 claims), Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum (1 claim), Acer saccharum subsp. leucoderme (1 claim), Acer saccharum subsp. skutchii (1 claim)

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Acer saccharum
Acer saccharumNo machine-readable author provided. MPF assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Slug locomotion mucus had no effect on sugar maple seed germination speed and rate.

Taxon
Acer saccharumAcer saccharume1
Organ / stage
seeds and seedlingse1
Treatment
locomotion mucuse1
Interactor
Arion subfuscusArion subfuscuse1herbivore
Outcome
germination speed and ratee3
Direction
no effecte2

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e1

“Arion subfuscus, an invasive slug in the eastern USA, is a major herbivore of young sugar maples (Acer saccharum); we explored the effect of its locomotion mucus on Ac. saccharum seeds and seedlings”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 516–714
e2

“we found that mucus had no effect on these performance or resistance traits”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1027–1102
e3

“We exposed sugar maple seeds and seedlings to mucus and measured germination speed and rate, seed susceptibility to slugs, seedling emergence, growth, chemical defences, and foliar susceptibility to Lymantria dispar and Ar. subfuscus”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 716–949

Title

Woody seeds and seedlings are unresponsive to herbivore kairomones

Kevin C Headrick; Brooke A Pellegrini; Eirette M Santiago; et al. AoB Plants 2026. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plag013

Other claims from this paper (5)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Slug locomotion mucus had no effect on seed susceptibility to slugs.

Taxon
Acer saccharumAcer saccharume1
Organ / stage
seeds and seedlingse1
Treatment
locomotion mucuse1
Interactor
slugse3herbivore
Outcome
seed susceptibility to slugse3
Direction
no effecte2

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e1

“Arion subfuscus, an invasive slug in the eastern USA, is a major herbivore of young sugar maples (Acer saccharum); we explored the effect of its locomotion mucus on Ac. saccharum seeds and seedlings”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 516–714
e2

“we found that mucus had no effect on these performance or resistance traits”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1027–1102
e3

“We exposed sugar maple seeds and seedlings to mucus and measured germination speed and rate, seed susceptibility to slugs, seedling emergence, growth, chemical defences, and foliar susceptibility to Lymantria dispar and Ar. subfuscus”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 716–949

Title

Woody seeds and seedlings are unresponsive to herbivore kairomones

Kevin C Headrick; Brooke A Pellegrini; Eirette M Santiago; et al. AoB Plants 2026. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plag013

Other claims from this paper (5)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Slug locomotion mucus had no effect on seedling emergence.

Taxon
Acer saccharumAcer saccharume1
Organ / stage
seedlingse1
Treatment
locomotion mucuse1
Interactor
Arion subfuscusArion subfuscuse1herbivore
Outcome
seedling emergencee3
Direction
no effecte2

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e1

“Arion subfuscus, an invasive slug in the eastern USA, is a major herbivore of young sugar maples (Acer saccharum); we explored the effect of its locomotion mucus on Ac. saccharum seeds and seedlings”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 516–714
e2

“we found that mucus had no effect on these performance or resistance traits”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1027–1102
e3

“We exposed sugar maple seeds and seedlings to mucus and measured germination speed and rate, seed susceptibility to slugs, seedling emergence, growth, chemical defences, and foliar susceptibility to Lymantria dispar and Ar. subfuscus”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 716–949

Title

Woody seeds and seedlings are unresponsive to herbivore kairomones

Kevin C Headrick; Brooke A Pellegrini; Eirette M Santiago; et al. AoB Plants 2026. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plag013

Other claims from this paper (5)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Slug locomotion mucus had no effect on seedling growth.

Taxon
Acer saccharumAcer saccharume1
Organ / stage
seedlingse1
Treatment
locomotion mucuse1
Interactor
Arion subfuscusArion subfuscuse1herbivore
Outcome
growthe3
Direction
no effecte2

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e1

“Arion subfuscus, an invasive slug in the eastern USA, is a major herbivore of young sugar maples (Acer saccharum); we explored the effect of its locomotion mucus on Ac. saccharum seeds and seedlings”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 516–714
e2

“we found that mucus had no effect on these performance or resistance traits”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1027–1102
e3

“We exposed sugar maple seeds and seedlings to mucus and measured germination speed and rate, seed susceptibility to slugs, seedling emergence, growth, chemical defences, and foliar susceptibility to Lymantria dispar and Ar. subfuscus”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 716–949

Title

Woody seeds and seedlings are unresponsive to herbivore kairomones

Kevin C Headrick; Brooke A Pellegrini; Eirette M Santiago; et al. AoB Plants 2026. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plag013

Other claims from this paper (5)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Slug locomotion mucus had no effect on seedling chemical defences.

Taxon
Acer saccharumAcer saccharume1
Organ / stage
seedlingse1
Treatment
locomotion mucuse1
Interactor
Arion subfuscusArion subfuscuse1herbivore
Outcome
chemical defencese3
Direction
no effecte2

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e1

“Arion subfuscus, an invasive slug in the eastern USA, is a major herbivore of young sugar maples (Acer saccharum); we explored the effect of its locomotion mucus on Ac. saccharum seeds and seedlings”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 516–714
e2

“we found that mucus had no effect on these performance or resistance traits”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1027–1102
e3

“We exposed sugar maple seeds and seedlings to mucus and measured germination speed and rate, seed susceptibility to slugs, seedling emergence, growth, chemical defences, and foliar susceptibility to Lymantria dispar and Ar. subfuscus”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 716–949

Title

Woody seeds and seedlings are unresponsive to herbivore kairomones

Kevin C Headrick; Brooke A Pellegrini; Eirette M Santiago; et al. AoB Plants 2026. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plag013

Other claims from this paper (5)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Slug locomotion mucus had no effect on foliar susceptibility to Lymantria dispar and Arion subfuscus.

Taxon
Acer saccharumAcer saccharume1
Organ / stage
seedlingse1
Treatment
locomotion mucuse1
Interactor
Lymantria disparLymantria dispare3herbivore
Second interactor
Arion subfuscusArion subfuscuse1herbivore
Outcome
foliar susceptibilitye3
Direction
no effecte2

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e1

“Arion subfuscus, an invasive slug in the eastern USA, is a major herbivore of young sugar maples (Acer saccharum); we explored the effect of its locomotion mucus on Ac. saccharum seeds and seedlings”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 516–714
e2

“we found that mucus had no effect on these performance or resistance traits”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1027–1102
e3

“We exposed sugar maple seeds and seedlings to mucus and measured germination speed and rate, seed susceptibility to slugs, seedling emergence, growth, chemical defences, and foliar susceptibility to Lymantria dispar and Ar. subfuscus”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 716–949

Title

Woody seeds and seedlings are unresponsive to herbivore kairomones

Kevin C Headrick; Brooke A Pellegrini; Eirette M Santiago; et al. AoB Plants 2026. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plag013

Other claims from this paper (5)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Twenty-four years of experimental N deposition suppressed soil microorganisms across four northern hardwood forest sites.

Taxon
sugar mapleAcer saccharume2
Treatment
Twenty-four years of experimental N deposition at a rate of 3 g N m −2 y −1e1
Outcome
soil microorganismse1
Direction
suppressede1

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e1

“Twenty-four years of experimental N deposition at a rate of 3 g N m −2 y −1 broadly suppressed soil microorganisms across four northern hardwood forest sites”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 369–526
e2

“soil and sugar maple root samples from the study sites were collected”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 583–652

Title

Effects of chronic experimental N deposition on northern hardwood forests fade after cessation of N additions

Eileen C. Reeves; Andrew J. Burton; Katherine E. Higdon; et al. Ecological Processes 2026. doi:10.1186/s13717-026-00706-4

Other claims from this paper (8)
Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

In the first year after N treatment ended, all soil and root microbial indicators remained suppressed.

Taxon
sugar mapleAcer saccharume2
Outcome
soil and root microbial indicatorse1
Qualifier
first year post-treatmente1

Verbatim

e1

“In the first year post-treatment, all soil and root microbial indicators remained suppressed”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 921–1013
e2

“soil and sugar maple root samples from the study sites were collected”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 583–652

Title

Effects of chronic experimental N deposition on northern hardwood forests fade after cessation of N additions

Eileen C. Reeves; Andrew J. Burton; Katherine E. Higdon; et al. Ecological Processes 2026. doi:10.1186/s13717-026-00706-4

Other claims from this paper (8)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

By three years after N additions ended, indicators for soil fungi and AMF showed much less suppression.

Taxon
sugar mapleAcer saccharume2
Treatment
post-cessation of N additionse1
Interactor
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungie1symbiont
Outcome
indicators for soil fungie1
Direction
much less suppressione1

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e1

“by three years post-cessation of N additions, indicators for soil fungi and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) showed much less suppression”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1019–1158
e2

“soil and sugar maple root samples from the study sites were collected”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 583–652

Title

Effects of chronic experimental N deposition on northern hardwood forests fade after cessation of N additions

Eileen C. Reeves; Andrew J. Burton; Katherine E. Higdon; et al. Ecological Processes 2026. doi:10.1186/s13717-026-00706-4

Other claims from this paper (8)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

By three years after N additions ended, several bacterial groups and the total microbial community showed full recovery.

Taxon
sugar mapleAcer saccharume2
Treatment
post-cessation of N additionse1
Outcome
several bacterial groups and measures of the total microbial communitye1
Direction
full recoverye1

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e1

“by three years post-cessation of N additions, indicators for soil fungi and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) showed much less suppression, with several bacterial groups and measures of the total microbial community showing full recovery”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1019–1257
e2

“soil and sugar maple root samples from the study sites were collected”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 583–652

Title

Effects of chronic experimental N deposition on northern hardwood forests fade after cessation of N additions

Eileen C. Reeves; Andrew J. Burton; Katherine E. Higdon; et al. Ecological Processes 2026. doi:10.1186/s13717-026-00706-4

Other claims from this paper (8)