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'''''Acer campestre''''', [[common name]] '''Field Maple''', is a [[maple]] native to much of [[Europe]], north to southern [[England]] (where it is the only native maple), [[Denmark]], [[Poland]] and [[Belarus]], and also southwest [[Asia]] from [[Turkey]] to the [[Caucasus]], and north [[Africa]] in the [[Atlas Mountains]].<ref name=fe>Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Acer&SPECIES_XREF=campestre&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Acer campestre'']</ref><ref name=empp>Euro+Med Plantbase Project: [http://ww2.bgbm.org/_EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=811&PTRefFk=500000 ''Acer campestre'']</ref><ref name=fnwe>Flora of NW Europe: [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=3147 ''Acer campestre'']</ref><ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref><ref name=afm>Mitchell, A. F. (1974). ''A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-212035-6</ref><ref name=dvf>Den virtuella floran: [http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/acera/acer/acercamv.jpg ''Acer campestre'' distribution map]</ref><ref name=nagy>Nagy, L. & Ducci, F. (2004). ''EUFORGEN'' Technical guidelines for genetic conservation and use. Field maple ''Acer campestre''. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute. Rome, Italy. Available [http://www.bioversityinternational.org/publications/Pdf/1033.pdf online] (pdf file).</ref> In [[North America]] it is known as '''Hedge Maple'''<ref name=usda>USDA Plants Profile: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACCA5 ''Acer campestre'']</ref><ref>Ohio State University: [http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs/TMI/Plantlist/ac_estre.html ''Acer campestre''] </ref> and in [[Australia]] it is sometimes called '''Common Maple.'''<ref>Department of Agriculture, Western Australia: [http://www.padil.gov.au/viewPest.aspx?id=165 Pests and Diseases Image Library]</ref> Field Maple is widely grown as an [[ornamental tree]] in parks and large gardens.
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It is a [[deciduous]] [[tree]] reaching 15-25 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter, with finely fissured, often somewhat [[cork (tissue)|corky]] [[bark]]. The shoots are brown, with dark brown winter [[bud]]s. The [[leaf|leaves]] are in opposite pairs, 5-16 cm long (including the 3-9 cm petiole) and 5–10 cm broad, with five blunt, rounded lobes with a smooth margin. Usually [[monoecious]], the [[flower]]s are produced in spring at the same time as the leaves open, yellow-green, in erect clusters 4-6 cm across, and are insect pollinated. The [[fruit]] is a [[Samara (fruit)|samara]] with two winged [[seed]]s aligned at 180º, each seed 8-10 mm wide, flat, with a 2 cm wing.<ref name=rushforth/><ref name=afm/>
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Acer campestre, Linn. Shrub or tree, occasionally 50 ft., with corky branches: lvs. 3-5-lobed, l 1/2-3 1/2 in. long, green and pubescent beneath or nearly glabrous; lobes entire or the middle one slightly 3-lobed: corymbs erect, hairy: fr. with horizontally spreading wings. Eu., W.Asia. H.W.3:46, p. 45. F.E. 20, pl. 108 (habit). Gt. 1893, p. 327.—Shrub or tree of moderate, dense growth, with dull green foliage, valuable for planting as undergrowth and on dry ground. Many varieties and garden forms: Var. argenteo-variegatum, Schwerin. Lvs. with large white blotches. Var. pulverulentum, Kirchn. Lvs. sprinkled with white. Var. austriacum, DC. Usually a tree: lvs. 5-lobed, with acute, nearly entire lobes: fr. glabrous. F.E. 19, pi. 98 (habit). Var. tauricum, Kirchn. Shrub: lvs. 5-lobed; small, lobes 3-lobed. Var. hebecarpum, DC. Fr. and generally the lvs. pubescent beneath{{SCH}}.
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Acer campestre, Linn. Shrub or tree, occasionally 50 ft., with corky branches: lvs. 3-5-lobed, l 1/2-3 1/2 in. long, green and pubescent beneath or nearly glabrous; lobes entire or the middle one slightly 3-lobed: corymbs erect, hairy: fr. with horizontally spreading wings. Eu., W.Asia. —Shrub or tree of moderate, dense growth, with dull green foliage, valuable for planting as undergrowth and on dry ground. Many varieties and garden forms: Var. argenteo-variegatum, Schwerin. Lvs. with large white blotches. Var. pulverulentum, Kirchn. Lvs. sprinkled with white. Var. austriacum, DC. Usually a tree: lvs. 5-lobed, with acute, nearly entire lobes: fr. glabrous. Var. tauricum, Kirchn. Shrub: lvs. 5-lobed; small, lobes 3-lobed. Var. hebecarpum, DC. Fr. and generally the lvs. pubescent beneath{{SCH}}.
 
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*''Acer campestre'' var. ''leiocarpum'' (Opiz) Wallr. (syn. ''A. campestre'' subsp. ''leiocarpum''). Fruit hairless.
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Latest revision as of 23:30, 15 September 2010


A Field Maple in Germany


Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: ⇕ 30 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30.
Width: ⇔ 12 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ Europe, SW Asia
Bloom: ❀ early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Features: ✓ deciduous, flowers
Minimum Temp: ☃ -40°C-40 °F <br />233.15 K <br />419.67 °R <br />
USDA Zones: 3 to 8
Scientific Names

Aceraceae >

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campestre >


Acer campestre, common name Field Maple, is a maple native to much of Europe, north to southern England (where it is the only native maple), Denmark, Poland and Belarus, and also southwest Asia from Turkey to the Caucasus, and north Africa in the Atlas Mountains.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] In North America it is known as Hedge Maple[8][9] and in Australia it is sometimes called Common Maple.[10] Field Maple is widely grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens.

It is a deciduous tree reaching 15-25 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter, with finely fissured, often somewhat corky bark. The shoots are brown, with dark brown winter buds. The leaves are in opposite pairs, 5-16 cm long (including the 3-9 cm petiole) and 5–10 cm broad, with five blunt, rounded lobes with a smooth margin. Usually monoecious, the flowers are produced in spring at the same time as the leaves open, yellow-green, in erect clusters 4-6 cm across, and are insect pollinated. The fruit is a samara with two winged seeds aligned at 180º, each seed 8-10 mm wide, flat, with a 2 cm wing.[4][5]


Read about Field Maple in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Acer campestre, Linn. Shrub or tree, occasionally 50 ft., with corky branches: lvs. 3-5-lobed, l 1/2-3 1/2 in. long, green and pubescent beneath or nearly glabrous; lobes entire or the middle one slightly 3-lobed: corymbs erect, hairy: fr. with horizontally spreading wings. Eu., W.Asia. —Shrub or tree of moderate, dense growth, with dull green foliage, valuable for planting as undergrowth and on dry ground. Many varieties and garden forms: Var. argenteo-variegatum, Schwerin. Lvs. with large white blotches. Var. pulverulentum, Kirchn. Lvs. sprinkled with white. Var. austriacum, DC. Usually a tree: lvs. 5-lobed, with acute, nearly entire lobes: fr. glabrous. Var. tauricum, Kirchn. Shrub: lvs. 5-lobed; small, lobes 3-lobed. Var. hebecarpum, DC. Fr. and generally the lvs. pubescent beneathCH.


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Varieties

  • 'Queen Elizabeth' - shinier leaves, more erect growth

There are two varieties, not accepted as distinct by all authorities:[2][4]

  • Acer campestre var. campestre. Fruit downy.
  • Acer campestre var. leiocarpum (Opiz) Wallr. (syn. A. campestre subsp. leiocarpum). Fruit hairless.

The closely related Acer miyabei replaces it in eastern Asia.[4]

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  • Field Maple foliage and fruit

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References

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  1. ↑ Flora Europaea: Acer campestre
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Euro+Med Plantbase Project: Acer campestre
  3. ↑ Flora of NW Europe: Acer campestre
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mitchell, A. F. (1974). A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins ISBN 0-00-212035-6
  6. ↑ Den virtuella floran: Acer campestre distribution map
  7. ↑ Nagy, L. & Ducci, F. (2004). EUFORGEN Technical guidelines for genetic conservation and use. Field maple Acer campestre. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute. Rome, Italy. Available online (pdf file).
  8. ↑ USDA Plants Profile: Acer campestre
  9. ↑ Ohio State University: Acer campestre
  10. ↑ Department of Agriculture, Western Australia: Pests and Diseases Image Library
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