It is one of the largest and most important hardwood species in North America ... Songbirds, woodpeckers, and cavity nesters use the sugar maple as a home. Brockman, C.F. 1986. Trees of North America: ...

further increasing its appeal as a tree for landscaping. Autumn blaze maple is a cultivar, meaning that it was bred by crossing the red maple and the silver maple, rather than being a natural species.