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Acer platanoides

Norway Maple

Pronunciation
A-ser plat-an-OY-dez
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Family
Genus
Nativity

Europe and west Asia

Growth Habit

Dense, broadly oval to rounded; 40 x 50 feet (90 feet) tall. Medium growth rate.

Hardiness
3
Culture

Full sun to light shade, any well-drained soil.

Facultative Status
Upland
Landscape Use

Easily transplanted, resists drought and air pollution, adaptable to pH. Dense shade beneath canopy and shallow roots can be detrimental. Overused in landscape. Seedings come up everywhere. Colors in the fall later and holds color later than many other maples.

Foliage

Opposite, simple, 4 to 7 inch long, 5 sharply pointed lobes. Leaves generally broader than long. Flower is greenish yellow in April. Fall color may be fair y

Buds

Buds are ovoid, .125 inches long. Terminal flower bud up to .375 inches long.

Bark

Black, ridged and furrowed with age; twigs are orange-brown.

Flower

Perfect, yellow or greenish yellow, each flower .3 inches in diameter, April before the leaes, produced in erect, many-flowered corymbs.

Fruit

Samara 1.5 to 2 inches long. Wings divergent at nearly 180 degrees.

Propagation

Seed

Pests
Verticillium.
Cultivars

'Columnare' - Plant form a wide column 60 feet tall.

'Crimson King' - Leaves maroon during the growing season.

'Drummondii' - Light-green leaves with a white margin. Tend to revert to all green.

'Schwedleri' - Purple-red spring foliage turns dark green in early summer.

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