Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Acer spicatum
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Mountain Maple at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acer spicatum
FAMILY
Aceraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 115-01-002:
Acer spicatum
FAMILY
Aceraceae
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Maple
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_acsp2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0305q_15
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Flowers in terminal erect racemes or panicles, appearing after the leaves, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
COMPARE
flowers of Maple species
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JK Marlow s060520_b
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm090610_017
June Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Male and female flowers in separate upright clusters [these staminate], per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_spicatum_1
July Towns-Union Counties GA
Brasstown Bald
Secondary & tertiary veins impressed on upper surface, distinctly raised below, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_spicatum_6
July Towns-Union Counties GA
Brasstown Bald
Bark brownish, scaly or thinly furrowed, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm0511a_29
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow s051106_a
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves coarsely serrate (2-3 teeth per cm), per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves of Mountain Maple and Striped Maple
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JK Marlow s051106_b
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Acer spicatum
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acer spicatum
FAMILY
Aceraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 115-01-002:
Acer spicatum
FAMILY
Aceraceae
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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Look for it in high elevation forests (northern hardwoods or spruce-fir), generally above 1500m in NC, above 1000m in VA, esp common in periglacial boulderfields, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp composed of two 1-seeded samaras
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p064
- Landscaping with Native Trees p046
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p085
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p061
- Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Trees p203
- The Sibley Guide to Trees p345
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p089
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p113
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p146
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p14
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p223
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p046