Acer glabrum Torr. - Accepted: Acer glabrum Torr. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Aceraceae (Zander 2008)
Acer glabrum Torr. - Accepted: Acer glabrum Torr. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Sapindaceae (APG III)
Acer glabrum Torr. - Accepted: Acer glabrum Torr. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG III)
Acer glabrum Torr. - Accepted: Acer glabrum Torr. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG IV)

Flowers

monoecious or dioecious species

Flower ecology

wind- and animal-pollinated (anemophilous and zoophilous)

Life form

tree or shrub

Foliage persistence

deciduous

Fruits

winged nut (samara), samara pairs forming an angle under 45°

Fruit ecology

wind-dispersed (anemochorous)

Soil conditions

on moderately acidic to slightly basic, well-drained, silty, loamy, sandy, and gravelly soils

Succession type

seral species in shrub-dominant vegetation, late successional to climax species in floodplain vegetation

Natural occurrence (habitat)

coniferous forests, riparian forests and upland deciduous forests; stream banks, alluvial terraces, talus slopes; cool, moist canyons; ridgetops, snow chutes

Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)

temperate to boreal, submesophytic montane mixed coniferous forests

Constraints according moisture

weakly to moderately drought tolerant

Constraints according temperature

heat tolerant

Constraints according radiation (light)

moderately shade tolerant

Usage

ornamental tree; used as a timber species for the production of household items and handicraft goods

Anderson, M. D. et al. (2001): Acer glabrum. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). See: https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/acegla/all.html;

Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.;