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Acer palmatum is deciduous, with the growth habit of a shrub or small tree reaching heights of 6 to 10 m (20 to 33 ft), rarely 16 m (52 ft), reaching a mature width of 4.5 to 10 m (15 to 33 ft), [8] often growing as an understory plant in shady woodlands. It may have multiple trunks joining close to the ground.
Acer rubrum, the red maple, also known as swamp maple, water maple, or soft maple, is one of the most common and widespread deciduous trees of eastern and central North America. The U.S. Forest Service recognizes it as the most abundant native tree in eastern North America. [ 4 ]
Acer is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the soapberry family Sapindaceae . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are approximately 132 species , most of which are native to Asia , [ 3 ] with a number also appearing in Europe , northern Africa , and North America .
A honey bee collecting nectar from an apricot flower.. The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing degre
Acer circinatum: Vine maple Acer ginnala: Amur maple Acer monspessulanum: Montpelier maple Acer palmatum: Japanese maple [1]: 38–41 Acer pseudoplatanus: Sycamore maple Acer rubrum: Red maple Adenium, especially Adenium obesum: Desert rose Alnus: Alder Amelanchier canadensis: Amelanchier Ampelopsis, including Ampelopsis glandulosa: Ampelopsis ...
Acer chaneyi Knowlton (Oligocene to Miocene, Western US) [2] †Acer ferrignoi Wolfe & Tanai (Late Miocene, Oregon) [2] †Acer kenaicum Wolfe & Tanai (Oligocene, Kenai group, Alaska) [2] Acer laurinum Hassk. - # Acer pycnanthum K.Koch; Acer rubrum L. – red maple; Acer saccharinum L. – silver maple
Acer circinatum, or vine maple, is a species of maple native to northwestern North America. Vine maple typically grows as a low-elevation coastal tree in temperate areas of high precipitation such as the west coast of Oregon and northern California , as well as the temperate rainforests of Washington and British Columbia . [ 3 ]
Acer pensylvanicam inflorescence in Ashford, Connecticut. Moosewood is an understory tree of cool, moist forests, often preferring slopes. It is among the most shade-tolerant of deciduous trees, capable of germinating and persisting for years as a small understory shrub, then growing rapidly to its full height when a gap opens up.