Common Name(s): Florida maple, southern sugar maple, hammock maple

Scientific Name: Acer floridanum

Distribution: Southeastern United States

Average Dried Weight: 42.3 lbs/ft³ (675 kg/m³)*

*Density based on a single sample tested

Janka Hardness: 1,240 lb_f (5,110 N)*

*Estimated hardness based on specific gravity

Comments: Sometimes called southern sugar maple, this medium-sized tree has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of sugar maple—Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum. Like its more popular kin, Florida maple has dense and hard wood essentially on par with hard maple—though its slightly smaller size and more scarce occurrence have meant it’s not generally treated as a commercial lumber species.