Picture Notes:  Picture 9 has leaves from Left, Acer buergerianum, Acer campestre, Acer ginnala, and Acer rubrum.
Picture 13 has Acer platanoides fruit on the top, Acer campestre below, with Acer ginnala on the left and Acer saccharum on the right.
Picture 16 is Acer campestre cv. Compactum.

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Distribution:  Europe, western Asia( N. Turkey, Caucasus, N. Iran). Introduced by early settlers in colonial times.

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Hardiness Zone:  USDA Zones 4 or 5 to 8       (view USDA zone map)

Size:   25-49 ft. tall, with a spread of 30-40 ft.

Form:   Deciduous tree. Upright, with a broad rounded head, dense, often branched to the ground.

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Stem/Bud:   Stems and branches are somewhat corky.

Leaves:   Leaves are opposite, simple, 2-4 inches across, with 3-5 rounded, entire lobes, dark green in color, containing a milky sap in the petiole.

Fall Color:   Fall color is yellow-green to yellow.

Flower:   Flowers are greenish, in an upright corymb in May, not showy.

Fruit:   Fruit is a samara, with horizontally spreading wings 1 inch or more across, l/2 inch wide.

Uses:   Specimen, patio tree, tall hedge, informal hedge, screen. Drought tolerant. Salt tolerant.

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Culture:   Grows best in clay loam soils. Species propagated by seeds, cultivars by budding.

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Notes 2:   Shade tree.

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