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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Acer pensylvanicum   FAMILY Sapindaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acer pensylvanicum   FAMILY Aceraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 115-01-003:

Acer pensylvanicum   FAMILY Aceraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Acer pensylvanicum

 

COMMON NAME:
Striped Maple, Moosewood


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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_718

        

image of Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple, Moosewood

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_acpe_001_lvd

        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_acer_pensylvanicum_2

January        

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JK Marlow    jkm060429_111

April    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

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JK Marlow    jkm120426_692

April    Yancey County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

The prominently striped bark of this common, mid-elevation understory tree is unmistakable, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple, Moosewood

JK Marlow    jkm120426_722

April    Yancey County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Flowers appear after leaves, in slender drooping long-stalked racemes, per The Native Maples of Georgia (Ware, 2003).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE flowers of Maple species

image of Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple, Moosewood

JK Marlow    jkm170413_568

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple, Moosewood

JK Marlow    jkm160504_352355

May    Jackson County    NC

Panthertown

Pistillate flowers on left; staminate flowers on right.

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JK Marlow    jkm230525_3489

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Blades broadly 3-lobed, sinuses V-shaped, lobe tips long-pointed, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Mapleleaf Viburnum and Maple species

image of Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple, Moosewood

Keith Bradley    kab_a_pensylvanicum_73471

May        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple, Moosewood

Keith Bradley    kab_a_pensylvanicum_73479

May        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple, Moosewood

JK Marlow    s040503_b

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

The leaves have doubly serrate margins, per Fall Color & Woodland Harvests (Bell & Lindsey, 1990).

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JK Marlow    s060521_a

May    Macon County    NC

Highlands Biological Station

Leaves finely serrate (5-10 teeth per cm), per Weakley's Flora.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Mountain Maple and Striped Maple

image of Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple, Moosewood

Sam Pratt    sbp_3204

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple, Moosewood

Sam Pratt    sbp_3207

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

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JK Marlow    jkm060805_231

August    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

The familiar double samara is 3/4" long, with thin, widely divergent wings, per The Native Maples of Georgia (Ware, 2003).

image of Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple, Moosewood

JK Marlow    s050916_a

September    Rutherford County    NC

image of Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple, Moosewood

JK Marlow    jkm0310g_23

October    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple, Moosewood

JK Marlow    jkm0310g_25

October    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Unusual bright green bark with conspicuous pale longitudinal stripes, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple, Moosewood

JK Marlow    s071104_a

November        NC

Roadside

Fall leaves are uniformly golden yellow, per Fall Color & Woodland Harvests (Bell & Lindsey, 1990).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Acer pensylvanicum   FAMILY Sapindaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acer pensylvanicum   FAMILY Aceraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 115-01-003:
Acer pensylvanicum   FAMILY Aceraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Acer pensylvanicum

 

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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry to mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC, uncommon in GA, rare in SC

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp composed of two 1-seeded samaras

 

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