Acer pensylvanicum – description, flowering period and general distribution in Nova Scotia. green leaves

Acer pensylvanicum – description, flowering period and general distribution in Nova Scotia. flowers and leaves close-up

Acer pensylvanicum – description, flowering period and general distribution in Nova Scotia. flowering plant

Acer pensylvanicum – description, flowering period and general distribution in Nova Scotia. flowering plant, evening

Acer pensylvanicum – description, flowering period and general distribution in Nova Scotia. seeds close up

Acer pensylvanicum – description, flowering period and general distribution in Nova Scotia. trunks of several plants close-up

Acer pensylvanicum – description, flowering period and general distribution in Nova Scotia. the trunk of the plant, the texture of the bark is visible

Acer pensylvanicum – description, flowering period and general distribution in Nova Scotia. big tree in autumn

Scientific name:

Acer pensylvanicum

Common name(s):

Striped maple, Moosewood, Goosefoot maple, Whistlewood.

Life form:

Tree, Shrub.

Flowering time:

15 - 20 days.

Flowering period

in Nova Scotia for this plant is: May ↔ June.

NECTAR PRODUCTION:
200 kilograms per ha

SOURCE FOR HONEY BEES:
Major

General distribution:

Striped maple is widely distributed over the northeastern quarter of the United States and adjacent southeastern Canada. Its natural range extends from Nova Scotia and the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec west to southern Ontario, Michigan, and eastern Minnesota; south to northeastern Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia.

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This plant is present in at least 28 states/provinces in this country.

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Botanical description:

Striped maple is a native, deciduous, tall shrub or small tree. It reaches a maximum height of about 45 feet (13 m) but is usually smaller. It has a short, forked trunk divided into a few ascending, arching branches, forming a broad but uneven, flat-topped to rounded crown. The branchlets are straight and slender. Striped maple is primarily dioecious; monoecy is rare. The sex ratio is male-biased. Hibbs reported that 80 percent of a Massachusetts population was male. The fruit of striped maple is a two-winged samara. The root system is shallow and wide-spreading.

Seasonal development:

Striped maple flowers from May to June. The fruits ripen in September and October and are dispersed in October and November.

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