Distribution: Europe (without the British Isles), Caucasus
Size: 10 - 20 (m)
Flowering period: IV - V
Acer platanoides L. - Accepted: Acer platanoides L. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Sapindaceae (APG III) Acer platanoides L. - Accepted: Acer platanoides L. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Aceraceae (Zander 2008) Acer platanoides L. - Accepted: Acer platanoides L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG III) Acer platanoides L. - Accepted: Acer platanoides L. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG IV) Acer platanoides L. - Accepted: Acer platanoides L. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Sapindaceae (APG IV) Acer platanoides L. - Accepted: Acer platanoides L. bei Schmeil-Fitschen 2019; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG IV) Acer platanoides L. - Accepted: Acer platanoides L. bei Rothmaler 2017; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG IV)
Color of flower
greenish-yellow
Life form
woody, tree
Foliage persistence
deciduous
Soil conditions
on perculating fresh (moist), nutrient-rich and alkaline, humus-rich, loose loam or scree soils
Light conditions
full sun, half shade
Root type
deep-rooted plant
Succession type
pioneer plant
Natural occurrence (habitat)
in mixed deciduous forests, ravine forests, oak-hornbeam forests, rather rarely in sunny lime-maple slope forests
Constraints according habitat
tolerant of pollution
Usage
wood is used for the production of musical instruments, furniture, marquetry and for turning
Taxonomic update: Database method on: 31.3.2020 Update of the description: Helmut Dalitz; Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 31.7.2019
In the list below you will find the geographic coordinates of many woody plants in the garden. In these cases the points are marked in the map. If no coordinates are listed, the coordinate of the point in the map marks the middle coordinate of the section.