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Scientific name:

Acer campestre

Vernacular name:

Maple, Field


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Field Maple

Scientific name: Acer campestre L.

Diagnostic features
Tree to 25m.
Leaves simple, with 3-5 obtuse to rounded lobes each entire or with few obtuse to rounded teeth or sub-lobes.
Flowers in ± erect, yellowish-green, subcorymbose panicles appearing with leaves.
Fruits with ± horizontal wings.

Chromosome number: 2n=26.

Habitat
Native; woods, scrub and hedgerows on calcareous or clay soils.

Distribution
Common in England and Wales North to Co Durham, planted elsewhere in British Isles, rarely naturalized in Ireland.

This species is keyed out on Page 1579 in the Text Key.

Acer campestre (Maple, Field)
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