Acer platanoides (Norway Maple)
Acer platanoides (Norway Maple)
Pronunciation: AY-sur pla-tan-OY-dees
Family: Sapindaceae
Plant type: Deciduous tree
Origin: European
Zone: 4
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Mature size
Height: 30 m
Habit: upright
Form: oval vertical round
Texture: medium
Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - well drained
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Leaves
Arrangement: lobed simple, opposite
Shape: ovate
Size: 18 cm across
Margin: Dentate
Characteristics: 5 lobes with very pointed sharp tips (sugar maple tips are not as pointed)
Colour: green, fall red colour
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: corymb
Colour: green yellow
Size: 15-30 2 cm flowers
Time: May June
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Fruit type: Samara
Colour: Brown
Time: Sept, Oct
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Stem
Description: lightly fissured
Colour: green, white, brown
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Propagation - seed, softwood cuttings
Comments - found on 20$ bill, a naturalized invasive
- easily adaptable to soil, tolerates pollution, shallow roots can lift sidewalks, easy to transplant
Pests - Anthracnose, wilt
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