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Acer saccharum Marshall 1785
Sapindaceae (APG IV)
sugar maple, rock maple
Akzessionnummer: EG-H-002-19016
Pflanzjahr: 1985
Patenschaftstext: Von Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. A. M. Steiner 1985
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Acer saccharum Marshall
Sapindaceae
Acer saccharum Marshall
Sapindaceae
Acer saccharum Marshall
Sapindaceae
Acer saccharum Marshall
Sapindaceae
Acer saccharum Marshall
Sapindaceae
Acer saccharum Marshall
Sapindaceae
Acer saccharum Marshall
Sapindaceae
Acer saccharum Marshall
Sapindaceae
Acer saccharum Marshall
Sapindaceae
Acer saccharum Marshall
Sapindaceae
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: eastern Canada, eastern United States
Acer saccharum Marshall - Accepted: Acer saccharum Marshall bei Zander 2008; Familie: Aceraceae (Zander 2008)
Acer saccharum Marshall - Accepted: Acer saccharum Marshall bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Sapindaceae (APG III)
Acer saccharum Marshall - Accepted: Acer saccharum Marshall bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG III)
Acer saccharum Marshall - Accepted: Acer saccharum Marshall bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Sapindaceae (APG IV)
Acer saccharum Marshall - Accepted: Acer saccharum Marshall bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Sapindaceae (APG III)
Acer saccharum Marshall - Accepted: Acer saccharum Marshall bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG III)
Acer saccharum Marshall - Accepted: Acer saccharum Marshall bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Sapindaceae (APG IV)
- Color of flower
- greenish-yellow
- Flowers
- monoecious/dioecious
- Flower ecology
- wind-pollinated (anemophilous) and insect-pollinated (entomophilous) (bees)
- Life form
- large tree
- Foliage persistence
- deciduous
- Soil conditions
- preferentially in deep, moist, well-drained soils
- Natural occurrence (habitat)
- canyons, ravines, valleys, along streams
- Constraints according radiation (light)
- shade-tolerant
- Life span
- long-lived (up to 500 years)
- Usage
- used for making sugar and syrup; wood is used to make furniture, flooring and veneer, also used for gunstocks, tool handles and musical instruments
- Bark
- light grey to grey-brown, deeply furrowed bark
- Altidudinal lower limit (sea level in m)
- 500
- Altitudinal higher limit (sea level in m)
- 1,700
Nesom, G. (2006): USDA Plant Guide: Red Maple. See: https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_acru.pdf;
Last update:
Taxonomic update: Database method on: 31.3.2020Update of the description: Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 27.2.2019
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