1 One teaspoon of sugar contains 15 calories and 4 grams of carbohydrate. 2  One tablespoon of sugar contains 16 grams of carbohydrate, the same amount of carb thatâs in a slice of bread.
Most maple trees have green leaves, but some may have red or ruby-bronze colored leaves. With 125 species of maple, it would be nearly impossible to list them all. The types of maples gardeners are most likely to encounter in the average home and garden center include: 1  Japanese maple (Acer palmatum).2  Norway maple (Acer platonoides). 3  Sugar maple (Acer saccharum). 4  Paperbark maple (Acer griseum). 5  Red maple (Acer rubrum).ost maple trees have green leaves, but some may have red or ruby-bronze colored leaves. With 125 species of maple, it would be nearly impossible to list them all. The types of maples gardeners are most likely to encounter in the average home and garden center include: 1  Japanese maple (Acer palmatum).
The red maple, swamp maple or soft maple, is a common species in eastern Canada. This maple is highly variable and goes by several different names. It also hybridizes with the silver maple causing several intermediate varieties to occur. Young trees provide browse for deer.here are ten species (some have as many as three different names) of maple tree native to Canada. They grow in all areas of the country except the territories. The sugar maple, an eastern species, may be called hard or rock maple, and is the principal source of maple syrup and sugar.