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| Acer pensylvanicum | |
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| Striped maple leaves, Cranberry Wilderness, West Virginia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Acer |
| Section: | Acer sect. Macrantha |
| Species: | A. pensylvanicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Acer pensylvanicum | |
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Acer pensylvanicum, known as the striped maple, moosewood, moose maple or goosefoot maple, is a small North American species of maple. The striped maple is a sequential hermaphrodite, meaning that it can change its sex throughout its lifetime.
Description
[edit]The striped maple is a small deciduous tree growing to 5–10 meters (16–33 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 20 cm (8 in) in diameter.[3] The shape of the tree is broadly columnar, with a short, forked trunk that divides into arching branches which create an uneven, flat-topped crown.[citation needed]
The young bark is striped with green and white, and when a little older, brown.[3]
The leaves are broad and soft, 8–15 cm (3–6 in) long and 6–12 cm (2.5–4.5 in) broad, with three shallow forward-pointing lobes.[3]
The fruit is a samara; the seeds are about 27 mm (1.1 in) long and 11 mm (0.43 in) broad, with a wing angle of 145° and a conspicuously veined pedicel.[3][4][5]
The bloom period for Acer pensylvanicum is around late spring.[6]
Distribution
[edit]The natural range of the striped maple extends from Nova Scotia and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec, west to southern Ontario, Michigan, and Saskatchewan; south to northeastern Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and along the Appalachian Mountains as far south as northern Georgia.[7][8]
Ecology
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Moosewood is an understory tree of cool, moist forests, often preferring slopes. It is among the most shade-tolerant of deciduous trees, capable of germinating and persisting for years as a small understory shrub, then growing rapidly to its full height when a gap opens up. However, it does not grow high enough to become a canopy tree, and once the gap above it closes through succession, it responds by flowering and fruiting profusely, and to some degree spreading by vegetative reproduction.[9][10]
Mammals such as moose, deer, beavers, and rabbits eat the bark, particularly during the winter.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Barstow, M.; Crowley, D. (2017). "Acer pensylvanicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T193849A2285894. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T193849A2285894.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Acer pensylvanicum L. — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org.
- ^ a b c d "Virginia Tech Dendrology Fact Sheet". dendro.cnre.vt.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
- ^ "Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum)". www.carolinanature.com. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
- ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
- ^ NRCS. "Acer pensylvanicum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "Striped Maple". Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ "Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map". bonap.net.
- ^ Hibbs, D. E; B. C. Fischer (1979). "Sexual and Vegetative Reproduction of Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum L.)". Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 106 (3): 222–227. doi:10.2307/2484558. JSTOR 2484558.
- ^ Hibbs, D. E.; Wilson, B. F.; Fischer, B. C. (1980). "Habitat Requirements and Growth of Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum L.)". Ecology. 61 (3): 490–496. Bibcode:1980Ecol...61..490H. doi:10.2307/1937413. JSTOR 1937413.
- ^ Little, Elbert L. (1980). The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region. New York: Knopf. p. 575. ISBN 0-394-50760-6.
External links
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Media related to Acer pensylvanicum at Wikimedia Commons- "Acer pensylvanicum". Plants for a Future.
- Interactive Distribution Map of Acer pensylvanicum
