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Acer pseudoplatanus L. 1753

Sapindaceae (APG IV)
sycamore maple, sycamore
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2010)
Distribution: Europe without the British Isles and Scandinavia; Turkey, Caucasus
Size: 15 - 30 (m)
Flowering period: V - VI

Acer pseudoplatanus L. - Accepted: Acer pseudoplatanus L. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Sapindaceae (APG III)
Acer pseudoplatanus L. - Accepted: Acer pseudoplatanus L. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Aceraceae (Zander 2008)
Acer pseudoplatanus L. - Accepted: Acer pseudoplatanus L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG III)
Acer pseudoplatanus L. - Accepted: Acer pseudoplatanus L. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG IV)
Acer pseudoplatanus L. - Accepted: Acer pseudoplatanus L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG IV)
Acer pseudoplatanus L. - Accepted: Acer pseudoplatanus L. bei Schmeil-Fitschen 2019; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG IV)
Acer pseudoplatanus L. - Accepted: Acer pseudoplatanus L. bei Rothmaler 2017; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG IV)

Color of flower
yellowish green
Flowers
monoecious, flowers in hanging racemes
Flower ecology
insect-pollinated (entomophilous)
Life form
woody, tree
Leaves
opposite, palmately lobed
Foliage persistence
deciduous
Fruits
winged nut (samara)
Fruit ecology
wind-dispersed (anemochorous)
Soil conditions
on perculating fresh to moist, nutrient-rich and alkaline, mildly to moderately acidic, loose, humus-rich, stony, medium to deep loam or scree soils
Light conditions
shade to semi-shade plant
Root type
deep-rooted plant
Succession type
pioneer species
Natural occurrence (habitat)
ravine forests, montane forests, moist slip-off slopes, steep rocky slopes, also in floodplain forests
Comment to ecology
soil stabiliser
Status of alien naturalisation
indigenous
Usage
wood is used for making furniture, for turnery, joinery, indoor flooring and musical instruments
Phytopathogenic organisms
leaves may be severely affected by several ascomycete fungi such as Pleuroceras pseudoplatani

Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN) (1999-2001 and ongoing): Floraweb - Daten und Informationen zu Wildpflanzen und zur Vegetation Deutschlands. www.floraweb.de.;

Ministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und Forsten, Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.) (1985): Pflanzenkatalog zur Verbesserung der Bienenweide und des Artenreichtums (Kurztitel: Bienenweidekatalog);

Oberdorfer, E. (2001): Pflanzensoziologische Exkursionsflora. Für Deutschland und angrenzende Gebiete. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 8., stark überarb. u. erg. Aufl, 1056 S. 978-3-8001-3131-0.;

Pasta, S. et al. (2016): Acer pseudoplatanus in Europe: distribution, habitat, usage and threats. In: San-Miguel-Ayanz, J., de Rigo, D., Caudullo, G., Houston Durrant, T., Mauri, A. (Eds.), European Atlas of Forest Tree Species. Publication Office of the EU, Luxembourg.;

Schick, B. & Spürgin, A. (1997): Die Bienenweide. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, Auflage: 4., völlig neubearb. u. erw. A., 216 S. 978-3800174188.;





Last update:
Taxonomic update: Helmut Dalitz on: 27.1.2021
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.

Sex Standort Accession number Planting year Donation IPEN Lat. Long.
Parzelle B EG-B-183-16928 1910 XX-0-HOH-EG-B-183-16928 48,710610477 9,208217511
Parzelle C EG-C-002-16919 XX-0-HOH-EG-C-002-16919 48,7101388561 9,2058760818
Parzelle C EG-C-066-16929 XX-0-HOH-EG-C-066-16929 48,7102501694 9,2058937787
Parzelle F EG-F-001-16920 1920 XX-0-HOH-EG-F-001-16920 48,7090256792 9,2063120645
Parzelle H EG-H-001-16918 1880 XX-0-HOH-EG-H-001-16918 48,7086160476 9,207701892
Parzelle L EG-L-004-16923 XX-0-HOH-EG-L-004-16923 48,7085839099 9,2069313944
Parzelle L EG-L-092-16925 XX-0-HOH-EG-L-092-16925 48,7085035988 9,2070411367
Parzelle L EG-L-093-16926 XX-0-HOH-EG-L-093-16926 48,7084801121 9,2070752263
Parzelle L EG-L-113-18780 XX-0-HOH-EG-L-113-18780 0 0
Parzelle M EG-M-003-16921 XX-0-HOH-EG-M-003-16921 48,708702476 9,2087062236
Parzelle M EG-M-004-16922 1840 XX-0-HOH-EG-M-004-16922 48,7082673412 9,209136312
Parzelle M EG-M-096-16927 XX-0-HOH-EG-M-096-16927 48,7087354401 9,2087572041
Parzelle N EG-N-003-16924 1840 XX-0-HOH-EG-N-003-16924 48,7083995218 9,2095174142
Parzelle H SP-HB-019-10055 2022 XX-0-HOH-SP-HB-019-10055 48,7106247036 9,2133492798
Parzelle K SP-KB-007-10088 2016 XX-0-HOH-SP-KB-007-10088 48,7109546543 9,2157215166
Parzelle L SP-LB-033-10173 2004 XX-0-HOH-SP-LB-033-10173 48,7108486356 9,2153450967
Parzelle N SP-NB-046-10239 XX-0-HOH-SP-NB-046-10239 48,7113466175 9,2163695931
Parzelle N SP-NB-052-10245 XX-0-HOH-SP-NB-052-10245 48,7112487306 9,2165534831
Parzelle N SP-NB-096-10278 2018 XX-0-HOH-SP-NB-096-10278 48,7117247076 9,2166656435
Parzelle N SP-NB-109-10288 2016 XX-0-HOH-SP-NB-109-10288 48,7119109841 9,2165714606