GENUS CODE: ACER GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Acer GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Maple GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 111-126 species, trees and shrubs, primarily north temperate. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Murray (1970)=Z; van Gelderen, de Jong, and Oterdoom (1994); Acevedo-Rodríguez, van Welzen, Adema, and van der Ham in Kubitzki (2011).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: ACERAC FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Aceraceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789 FAMILY COMMON: Maple Family FAMILY SUMMARY: FAMILY REFERENCE:
NCBG DESCRIPTIVES
INTRO: STEMS: LEAVES: INFLORESCENCE: FLOWERS: FRUITS: COMMENTS: HEIGHT: 25 to 25 ft. DURATION:
Perennial
HABIT:
Shrub, Tree
LEAF ARRANGEMENT: LEAF COMPLEXITY: LEAF RETENTION: FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
BLOOM TIME: May-Jun
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
x
x
BLOOM COLOR:
White
Red
Pink
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Lavender
Purple
Violet
Brown
Not Applicable
x
x
FRUITING PERIOD: DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE:
NATIVE RANGE: Europe HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text:
Bloom Table Text:
NCBG Location:
Cultural Notes:
SOIL MOISTURE:
Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE:
Sun, Part Shade
MINIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 5
MAXIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 8
GERMINATION CODE:
WILDLIFE VALUE:
DEER RESISTANCE:
USDA Symbol: ACCA5
USDA Common Name: Hedge Maple
Native Status: L48 (I), CAN (I)
Distribution: USA (CA, IN, KY, MA, NJ, NY, OH, PA), CAN (ON)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree,Shrub
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Acer campestre
COMMON NAME: Hedge Maple
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, G, Il, K, Pa, Z]
PHENOLOGY: May-Jun.
HABITAT: Suburban woodlands, planted and persistent and weakly spreading; native of Europe and w. Asia.
COMMENTS: Reported to be occasionally spreading from cultivation to moist, rocky, disturbed woods in sc. and se. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993; Rhoads & Block 2007). Infraspecific taxa are often recognized in its native area.
RANGE MAP: Acer campestre.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Aceraceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Maple Family) SUMMARY: REFERENCE: ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Acer L. (Maple) SUMMARY: A genus of about 111-126 species, trees and shrubs, primarily north temperate. REFERENCE: Murray (1970)=Z; van Gelderen, de Jong, and Oterdoom (1994); Acevedo-Rodríguez, van Welzen, Adema, and van der Ham in Kubitzki (2011).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Acer campestre in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Acer campestre in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)