Sugar Maple Tree anchor tag It can easily be pruned All Fern Plants It can easily be pruned into a tree form or left as a shorter multi stemmed shrub People choose us because we ship quickly An Ornamental Treasure Providing Beauty & Shade As a keystone species and a tree with many animal and insect species that depend on it‚ sugar maples are a common component of many ecosystems․ Sugar maple seeds are a food source for many birds and small mammals‚ and it is also used as a nest tree․ In the spring and summer‚ sugar maple trees are a food source for caterpillars and may also be used as feeding locations for several other species of insects․ Life is all around you‚ under the tree's canopy․ The leaves rustle in the wind‚ the birds sing their songs‚ and every other part of the ecosystem has come to life․ It is under the sugar maple that we come to realize how important these trees are to life․