BLACK MAPLE LEAF FULL

The preference is full sun to light shade, moist to mesicĬonditions that are well-drained, and soil containing loam, silt-loam, Usually become bright yellow less often, they turn orange or red. The woody root system consists of much-branched lateral roots One-seeded head with a membranous wing they are Individual samaras are about 1' long, consisting of a plump The paired samaras form a 45º to 90º angle withĮach other. Cross-pollination is achieved by the wind during a 1-2 weekįertile female flowers are replaced by paired samaras that become Spring as the leaves emerge (which are yellowish green at this time of The long slender pedicels of both male andįemale flowers are hairy. Both male and female flowers can occur in Long, consisting of a yellowish green calyx with 5 teeth and a 2-celled Individual female flowers are about 1/8' (3 Produced in drooping umbels or sparingly branched corymbs, but they are Number of exerted stamens (usually about 6-8). Individual male flowers are about 1/8' (3 mm.) long,Ĭonsisting of a yellowish green calyx with 5 teeth and a variable Maleįlowers are produced in drooping umbels or sparingly branched corymbsĪbout 2½-4' long. Separate male and female flowers on the same or different trees. Light green to yellowish green, and either glabrous or short-pubescent.īlack Maple is either dioecious or monoecious, producing Surface is pale to medium green and sparsely to densely canescent or The upper leaf surface is dark green and glabrous, while the lower

When such teeth exist, they are large and dentate. Moderately undulate it has either no teeth or very few teeth. Lobe usually contract gradually into a terminal point without The tips of these lobesĪre pointed, while their sinuses are rounded the sides of the terminal Has 3-5 palmate lobes and an orbicular outline. Individual leaves are 4-5' long and similarly across each leaf Non-woody young shoots are light green andĮither short-pubescent or glabrous. Smooth, while twigs are various shades of gray or brown, glabrous, Is grayish brown or grayish black, becoming more rough and Narrow open crown with only a few ascending branches. Saplings that are growing in dense shade, however, have a Relatively open areas, the densely branched crown is globoid to ovoid This tree is 60-80' tall at maturity and its trunk is 2-3½' across.

Black maple leaf