Some studies suggest that tapping sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marshall) trees can cause their growth to decline, particularly on poor and acidic soils. We tested this hypothesis in seven sugar bushes located in the Quebec Appalachians by comparing the growth of tapped trees with nearby untapped trees. The sites represented a range of soil fertility, from very good for sugar maple to strongly deficient in calcium. Trees were cored, and individual dendrochronology series were used to analyze trends in basal area growth, from a period of 10 years before, to 8–10 years after tapping began. Basal area growth of sugar maples did not appear to be influenced by tapping (p ≥ 0.134), except at one site (p < 0.001), where the growth of tapped trees decreased by 33% over 10 years. This decline could not be explained only by the poor soil fertility observed at the site. Although a tree biomass distribution budget indicated that maple syrup production represented only 4–6% of the carbon allocated annually to net primary production, the long-term relationship between maple syrup production and tree growth requires further study.

一些研究表明，挖掘枫糖树（Acer saccharum Marshall）树木可能导致其生长下降，特别是在贫瘠和酸性土壤上。我们通过比较轻trees树与附近未轻trees树的生长，在位于魁北克阿巴拉契亚山脉的七个糖树丛中检验了这一假设。这些部位代表了一系列的土壤肥力，从非常适合糖枫到严重缺乏钙。将树木作为核心，并使用单独的树木年代学系列分析从10年以前到开始割草后8-10年的基底面积增长趋势。糖槭树的断面积增长并没有出现通过点击（影响p≥  0.134），但在一个站点（p <0.001），其中砍伐树木的生长在10年中下降了33％。这种下降不能仅由在该地点观察到的土壤肥力差来解释。尽管树木生物量分配预算表明枫糖浆产量仅占每年分配给净初级生产的碳的4–6％，但枫糖浆产量与树木生长之间的长期关系尚需进一步研究。