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Acer monspessulanum
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Common name:
Montpellier maple
Family:
Aceraceae (maple family)
Distribution:
Europe, n. Africa and w. Asia
IUCN Red list:
Least concern
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 6
Life form:
Deciduous tree
Comments:
A small, round-headed deciduous tree or large, densely branched shrub, 30' tall maximum but often less. Leaves are shiny dark green and have three lobes. Greenish yellow flowers are somewhat showy since they occur before the leaves in April. Stems and leaves do not have milky sap as other closely related maples.
Links:
Flora Europaea
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Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy)
•
The Plant List
Locations
1:
DWD: AJ08
(AJ08)
• Accession: D2000-0499.001 • Origin: Slovenia • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
2:
HAM: AW08
(AW08)
• Accession: D1997-0485.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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