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).
Striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) and mountain maple (Acer spicatum) are two other native maples that are found growing within the commercial maple range (Figures 3.10 and 3.11). Neither of these species is commonly tapped. Striped maple is a small slender tree which rarely attains tapable size.