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'''''Acer spicatum''''' ('''Mountain Maple''') is a species of [[maple]] native to northeastern [[North America]] from [[Saskatchewan]] to [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], and south to [[Pennsylvania]]. It also grows at high elevations in the southern [[Appalachian Mountains]] to northern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. It is a [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] growing to 3-8 m tall, forming a spreading crown with a short trunk and slender branches. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite and simple, 6-10 cm long and wide, with 3 or 5 shallow broad lobes. They are coarsely and irregularly toothed with a light green hairless surface and a finely hairy underside. The leaves turn brilliant yellow to red in autumn, and are on slender stalks usually longer than the blade. The bark is thin, dull gray-brown, and smooth at first but becoming slightly scaly. The [[fruit]] is a paired reddish [[samara (fruit)|samara]], 2-3 cm long, maturing in late summer to early autumn. The tree lives in moist woods in rich, well-drained soils on rocky hillsides and along streams. It also grows on ravines, cliff faces, and forested [[bog]]s. During [[ecological succession]], it colonizes the [[understory]] as [[pioneer species]] die. {{Inc| Acer spicatum, Lam. (A. montanum, Ait.). Mountain Maple. Shrub or small tree, rarely 30 ft.: lvs. 3-,or slightly 5-lobed, coarsely serrate, pubescent beneath, 2 1/2-4 1/2 in. long: racemes rather dense, long, upright: fr. with diverging wings, bright red in summer. E.N. Amer. —Valuable as undergrowth; lvs. turn yellow and scarlet in fall. Var. laciniatum, Jouin. Lvs. deeply and irregularly lobed and incised. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== {{edit-cult}}<!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}}<!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}}<!--- Type pest/disease info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ==Species== <!-- This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc --> ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery --> <gallery> Image:Acer spicatum seeds.jpg|Seeds Image:Acer spicatum flowers.jpg|Flowers Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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