Acer campestre L.

Species: Acer campestre L., Genus: Acer, Family: Sapindaceae, Group: Angiosperms

(Acer campestre L.)

-> Genus: Acer -> Family: Sapindaceae -> Group: Angiosperms

Habitus

it is a shrub to tree 15 - 20 m high, crown is dense, irregularly wide
bark light brown to rusty brown
bork is yellow-grey to dark brown-grey, cracked into rectangular plates, cracks are relatively shallow

Acer campestre (Field maple) - Zádielska plannina (8/2020)

Acer campestre (Field maple) - Silická planina (8/2020)

Acer campestre (Field maple) - as a massive tree (NPR Šúr, 7/2021)

Acer campestre (Field maple) - Selce, approx. 740 m a.s.l. (5/2025)

Buds

buds are arranged crosswise, they are relatively small, obtusely ovate
covering scales are brown with a darker - rusty brown margin, whitish tomentose at the end

Shoots

summer shoots are relatively thin, light brown
young shoots are hairy later glabrous
sometimes more or less pronounced corky strips form on two-year-old and older shoots ! (suberosa form)

Acer campestre (Field maple) - cork strips

Leaves (assimilation organs)

the leaves are simple, palmately 3 - 5 lobed, entire margin, 3 - 7 x 4 - 10 cm large
the lobes and notches are blunt, ± rounded, the central lobe is clearly longer than wide
the petiole is 2 - 5 cm long

Acer campestre (Field maple) - underside

Flowers

it is a monoecious tree with bisexual flowers, yellow-green, they grow in upright panicles at the ends of branches
it flowers in IV – V simultaneously with foliage

Fruits – seeds

the fruit is a winged dioecious, the wings are at right angles, sometimes they are even arched
the wings are green to reddish, the achenes are compressed

Extension

in almost all of Europe (including the British Isles) except for northern and northeastern Europe
in Slovakia - from the lowest elevations to an average of 700 m above the sea level
it is a tree species of lowlands to hilly areas
it grows in significantly different conditions:
- warm, dry forest-steppe habitats – individuals of shrubby growth
- hard floodplain forest in the company of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), where it grows to the size of a tree

Acer campestre (Field maple) - as part of the forest-steppe community (Strážovské vrchy)

Acer campestre (Field maple) - NPR Šúr (7/2021)

Ecology

it is a semi-shaded tree, relatively thermophilic, but also frost-resistant
it tolerates drought well, but also saline soils

Significance

it is suitable for tree rows and hedges
it is a groundcover, it excels in its high vigor and regenerative ability
forms with golden yellow and white-spotted leaves are known

Acer campestre (Field maple) - as a landscape element (Zádielska planina, 8/2020)

From history

Acer campestre (Field maple) - Unsere Waldbäume, Sträucher und Zwergholzgewächse. Heidelberg, Carl Winter`s Universitätsbuchhandlung

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