Hedge Maple

Acer campestre Sapindaceae

Other names

Field Maple

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Not Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Europe, Near East, and Africa

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden, Cornell Class of 1923 Flowering Tree Collection, Palmer-Kinne Dogwood Collection

Source of plant

Robert Mower, Schichtel's Nursery

Description

Rounded and dense, often branched to the ground; some trees display a pyramidal-oval outline; 25' to 35' (-45') tall, occasionally 70' to 75' with spread comparable to height. Fall color yellow or yellow-green; one of the latest trees to color along with the Norway maple in late Oct. - early Nov. and remaining effective for a long period. Bark gray-black, ridged and furrowed, resembling bark of a Norway maple.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

invasive, growth habit

Status

GNR