Acer platanoides (Norway Maple)

Acer platanoides (Norway Maple)

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 
  Spread: 15 m 
Habit: upright
Form: oval vertical round
Texture: medium 
Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - specimen plant, different uses for different cultivars
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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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