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

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