Acer pensylvanicum
Table of Contents
Common Name: Striped Maple
Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Tracheophyta |
| Class: Magnoliopsida |
| Order: Sapindales |
| Family: Sapindaceae |
| Genus: Acer |
| Species: Acer pensylvanicum |
Conservation Status
Identifying Features
Striped maples are a small tree. The bark is green-brown with vertical white stripes.
The leaves are opposite and simple. They have 3 to 5 pointed lobes and are double-toothed. In the fall they turn yellow.
Habitat & Range
Striped maple are understory trees in forests. Their native range reaches across the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.
Life Cycle
The fruit of this tree are 1" long paired seeds with wings.
Featured image by James Dake.
Related
Acer negundo
Box Elder
Acer rubrum
Red Maple
Acer saccharum
Sugar Maple