Taxon

Acer spicatum

 
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Acer spicatum - mountain maple
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: mountain maple
Family: Aceraceae (maple family)
Distribution: e. North America
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: A small, native tree with a variable growth of anywhere from 10' to 30' in the wild. In the landscape, 10' to 15' tall and nearly as wide is more likely. The three-lobed leaves are dark yellow-green in summer, turning yellow, orange or red in fall. Flowers are attractive, appearing in June as upright, 3-6" long racemes holding small white flowers. This is a shrubby, low-branched tree that grows best in cool, moist, shady, acid soil - not your typical landscape!
Links: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture • World Flora Online

Locations

  • 1: APC: BK20 (BK20) • Accession: D2009-0365.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 2: DPW: BN18 (BN18) • Accession: D2016-0653.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 3: JPG: BD20 (BD20) • Accession: D2009-0365.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
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