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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales
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
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Maple
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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
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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
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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