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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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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
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.
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.
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.
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