•Bark peeling, bright orange or reddishbrown Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) Native Silver Maple (Acer saccharinium) Native •Twigs and buds brownish •Flowers green •Underside silverywhite Japanese Maple Leaf Key to Common Trees of Maryland Bark of the silver maple The leaf stalk shrivels, turns black, and the leaf blade falls off Gall mites stimulate the formation of growths or galls on This is a much more serious disease that affects all kinds of maples, but Sugar Maple and Silver Maple are the ones most commonly affected It can also affect Japanese MapleThis disease is another fungus that enters through the roots and blocks the water passages inside the treeThe lack of water and nutrients flowing through the tree causes branches to die; The Pros And Cons Of Having A Silver Maple Tree In Your Yard Why is bark peeling off maple tree