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| |familia=Aceraceae | | |familia=Aceraceae |
− | |genus=Acer | + | |genus=Acer |
− | |species=spicatum | + | |species=spicatum |
| |common_name=Mountain maple | | |common_name=Mountain maple |
| |name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | | |name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
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| |exposure=sun | | |exposure=sun |
| |sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | | |sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
− | |features=flowers | + | |features=deciduous |
| |flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring | | |flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring |
| |flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | | |flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
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| |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | | |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
| |max_zone=8 | | |max_zone=8 |
− | |image=Upload.png | + | |image=Acer spicatum JPG1L.jpg |
| |image_width=240 | | |image_width=240 |
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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]]. |
− | | name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
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− | | common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank --> | + | 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. |
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− | | high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| + | 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. |
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− | | origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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− | | color = IndianRed
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| + | 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. |
− | 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. 8.8.2:82, 83. H.T. 328.—Valuable as undergrowth; lvs. turn yellow and scarlet in fall. Var. laciniatum, Jouin. Lvs. deeply and irregularly lobed and incised. | |
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− | Image:Upload.png| photo 1 | + | Image:Acer spicatum seeds.jpg|Seeds |
− | Image:Upload.png| photo 2 | + | Image:Acer spicatum flowers.jpg|Flowers |
| Image:Upload.png| photo 3 | | Image:Upload.png| photo 3 |
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