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