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| name = ''Acer campestre''
|familia=Aceraceae
| common_names = Hedge Maple
|genus=Acer
| growth_habit = deciduous tree
|species=campestre
| high = 30-70ft
|common_name=Field Maple, Hedge maple
| wide = <!--- 20in (65cm) -->
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| origin = Europe, W Asia
|habit=tree
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| lifespan = perennial
|Max ht box=30
| exposure = <!--- sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|Max ht metric=ft
| water = <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, invasive -->
|Max wd box=12
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 40[[Fahrenheit|°F]] (5[[Celsius|°C]]), etc -->
|Max wd metric=ft
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for it's flowers -->
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| usda_zones = <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
|origin=Europe, SW Asia
| sunset_zones = 2-9, 14, 31-41
|lifespan=perennial
| color = IndianRed
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
|exposure=sun
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
|features=deciduous, flowers
|regnum = Plantae
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring
|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|unranked_classis = Eudicots
|Min Temp Num=-40
|unranked_ordo = Rosids
|Temp Metric=°C
|ordo = Sapindales
|min_zone=3
|familia = Sapindaceae
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|genus = Acer
|max_zone=8
|image=Acer campestre 006.jpg
|image_width=200
|image_caption=A Field Maple in Germany
}}
}}
'''''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.
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/>
{{Inc|
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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:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Acer|genus page]].''
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Acer|genus page]].''
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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==Cultivars==
==Varieties==
*'Queen Elizabeth' - shinier leaves, more erect growth
*'Queen Elizabeth' - shinier leaves, more erect growth
There are two [[variety (biology)|varieties]], not accepted as distinct by all authorities:<ref name=empp/><ref name=rushforth/>
*''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.<ref name=rushforth/>
==Gallery==
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Image:Acer-campestre.JPG| Field Maple foliage and fruit
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