Maple

Acer spp.

  • Height: many types of maple trees, from shrubs to large trees
  • Trunk: bark varied (smooth to longitudinally fissured to scaly)
  • Leaves: usually 3-5 lobed, palmate, from 5-20 cm in size, opposed leaves
  • Fruits/seeds: Fruits with fruit wings ('nose pincher’) for wind dispersal
  • Other: 3 native maple species and countless species globally

Ahorn ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

PA120013Spitzahorn Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (2)