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Acer campestre |
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Hedge Maple |
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Northern Europe and Western Asia |
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Upright, with a broad rounded
head, dense, often branched to the ground. |
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25-49 feet tall with a spread
of 30-40 feet
Growth Rate: slow |
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Flowers are
yellowish-green, in an
upright corymb, not showy,
monoecious. |
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Leaves are opposite, simple,
2-4 inches wide, with 3-5 rounded, entire
lobes, dark green in color, containing a milky
sap in the petiole. |
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Fall color is yellow-green to
yellow. |
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⅛ inches long,
grayish-brown, pubescent apex somewhat pointed.
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Stems and branches are somewhat
corky. |
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Fruit is a samara, with
horizontally spreading wings 1 inch or more
across, ˝ inch wide. |
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 The
common name of hedge maple is taken from its use in
English hedgerows. It needs little care, tolerates dry
soils and city conditions and has no insect or disease
problems. Its leaves remain on the tree until late fall
and then may turn yellow. However, if left unpruned,
hedge maple is very dense and branches to the ground
making it difficult to grow grass beneath the tree. |
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