Acer campestre
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- AY-ser kam-PES-tray
- Description
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Shrub or small tree with a rounded habit that will take considerable pruning. It is a good street tree that casts dense shade. Also used as hedges, lawn trees, planted under utility lines. It is easy to transplant but has a shallow root system. Used as hedge rows along roads in England.
Buds: terminal imbricate, scales grayish-brown to brownish-black, apex often pubescent & chaffy, lateral smaller, appressed.
Fall color yellow, but not consistent. Prefers rich,well-drained soils. Tolerant of air pollution, alkaline, clay and dry soils and compaction. No serious pests/diseases.
Native to Europe, W. Asia.
Family name Sapindaceae (formerly Aceraceae)
Quick ID Hints:
- Leaves simple, 3-5 palmately lobed
- Leaf margin entire
- Leaves concolorous, pubescent below
- Petiole milky sap
- Fruit with horizontal wings
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Collector’s Garden
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- Carnival
White variegated, blush of pink on new foliage - 'Pulverulentum'
- 'Royal Ruby'
- Carnival
- Carnival, 'Pulverulentum', 'Royal Ruby'
- Tags:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- Carnival
White variegated, blush of pink on new foliage - 'Pulverulentum'
- 'Royal Ruby'
- Carnival
- Carnival, 'Pulverulentum', 'Royal Ruby'
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Acer
- Species:
- campestre
- Family:
- Sapindaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Seed
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Europe, Western Asia
- Wildlife Value:
- Members of the genus Acer support Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis) larvae which have one brood per season and appear from April-October in the south. Adult Imperial Moths do not feed. Attracts butterflies and birds.
- Play Value:
- Attracts Pollinators
- Shade
- Wildlife Food Source
- Wind Shimmer
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- Tolerate of dry soils and compaction also air pollution tolerant
- Dimensions:
- Height: 25 ft. 0 in. - 35 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 25 ft. 0 in. - 35 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Tree
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Rounded
- Growth Rate:
- Slow
- Maintenance:
- Low
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Occasionally Dry
- Available Space To Plant:
- 24-60 feet
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 5b, 5a, 6b, 6a, 7b, 7a, 8b, 8a
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Fruit Type:
- Samara
- Fruit Description:
- A schizocarp of two samaras, wings horizontal, nutlet often pubescent.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Green
- Insignificant
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Insignificant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Description:
- Not showy, green, inconspicuous.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Margin:
- Lobed
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Description:
- 2 to 4 in. opposite, simple leaves with 3 to 5 rounded lobes; entire, dull green above, pubescent beneath, 2-4" long; venation palmate; petiole to 4" with milky sap. Sometimes develops yellow to yellow-green fall color late in the season
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Bark:
- Bark Color:
- Black
- Dark Brown
- Dark Gray
- Light Brown
- Light Gray
- Surface/Attachment:
- Furrowed
- Ridges
- Bark Description:
- Shallow ridges and furrows
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Surface:
- Corky Ridges
- Stem Description:
- Glabrous, light brown, lenticels. Older stems with longitudinal corky fissures.
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Recreational Play Area
- Landscape Theme:
- Butterfly Garden
- Children's Garden
- Nighttime Garden
- Pollinator Garden
- Design Feature:
- Shade Tree
- Street Tree
- Attracts:
- Butterflies
- Moths
- Pollinators
- Songbirds
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Compaction
- Pollution
- Urban Conditions
- Wet Soil
- Problems:
- Weedy
