Acer campestreL. Field Maple

Acer campestreL. - Field Maple

Scientific Description:

Shrub or tree up to 12−25 m. Young branches pubescent or glabrous. Very variable in leaf shape; leaf blade 3−5-lobed to ½(−⅔), 1.5−6 × 2.5−8 cm, cordate at base, lobes entire or few-lobulate (middle lobe usually 3-lobulate), usually hairy below, at least on the main veins; petiole pubescent or glabrous, 1.5−6 cm, lactiferous. Flowers in upright, pubescent corymbs. Fruit wings spreading horizontally, 15−27 × 5−11 mm; nutlets shortly hairy or glabrous, compressed, ovate-orbicular; loculus glabrous.

 

subsp. campestre

Nutlets velvety-pubescent; young shoots and petioles densely hairy.

 

Flowering time: April−May.

Habitat: Mixed forest and deciduous scrubs, s.l.−1600 m.

 

Reference:

Yaltırık F (1967). Acer campestre L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 513.

Public Description:

Acer campestre, known as “field maple” or “hedge maple”, is native to much of Europe, southwestern Asia from Türkiye to the Caucasus, and North Africa. The field maple is a deciduous tree reaching 15-25 metres tall. It is widely grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens. The wood is white, hard and strong, and used for furniture, flooring, wood materials and musical instruments, though the small size of the tree and its relatively slow growth make it an unimportant wood. Over 30 cultivars of Acer campestre are known. It is known with its winged seeds like helicopter wings.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2015). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_campestre, Accessed date: 19.12.2015.

Anonymous 2 (2015). http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b973, Accessed date: 19.12.2015.

Mataracı T (2012). Acer L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 841−843.