Norway Maple
Acer platanoides · Sapindaceae · 노르웨이단풍
How to spot it
Leaves have five pointed lobes and give off white sap when the leaf stalk is broken. The two wings of the samara spread almost in a straight line.
Look
- Leaves
- Leaves have five pointed lobes and give off white sap when the leaf stalk is broken.
- Flowers
- Flowers open in spring before the leaves and are not showy.
- Fruit
- The wings of the paired samaras spread almost horizontally.
- Bark
- Fine furrows develop on the bark.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Planted (Hanbat Arboretum)
- Native to
- The region from Europe to Central Asia and Pakistan.
- Ecology
- Tolerates heat, cold, drought and city conditions; self-spread seeds can compete with native trees.
Sources
- NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- 국립수목원 국가표준재배식물목록(개정)
- Kew Plants of the World Online — Acer platanoides
- 대전광역시 한밭수목원, 제4차 수목원진흥실시계획(2019–2023)
- 대구광역시 (2019), 제2차 대구광역시 도시림 등 조성·관리계획
- Renner et al. (2007) — The evolution of dioecy, heterodichogamy, and labile sex expression in Acer
- Native Plant Trust — Go Botany
- New York Invasive Species Information(NYIS, New York Sea Grant 운영) — Norway Maple