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1 In an average year, each tap-hole will produce about 10 gallons of maple sap, enough for about a quart of pure Michigan maple syrup. 2  Maple sap is a slightly sweet, colorless liquid. 3  It takes approximately 40 gallons of maple sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup.
Three species of maple trees are predominantly used to produce maple syrup: the sugar maple (Acer saccharum) , the black maple (A. nigrum) , and the red maple (A. rubrum) , because of the high sugar content (roughly two to five percent) in the sap of these species.aple syrup is a syrup usually made from the xylem sap of sugar maple, red maple, or black maple trees, although it can also be made from other maple species.