Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Acer > Acer circinatumAcer circinatum (vine maple)Synonyms: Acer circinatum f. fulvum; Acer circinatum var. fulvum; Acer macounii; Acer modocense; Acer virgatum Acer circinatum (vine maple) is a species of maple native to western North America, from southwest British Columbia to northern California, usually within 300 kilometres (190 mi) of the Pacific Ocean coast, found along the Columbia Gorge and Coastal Forest. It belongs to the Palmatum group of maple trees native to East Asia with its closest relatives being the Acer japonicum (Fullmoon Maple) and Acer pseudosieboldianum (Korean Maple). It can be difficult to distinguish from these species in cultivation. It is the only member of the Palmatum group that resides outside of Asia. |
| Allergen Potential [1] | Medium | | Screening - Summer [2] | Moderate | | Screening - Winter [2] | Porous |  | | Bloom Period [2] | Spring | | Drought Tolerance [2] | Low | | Edible [3] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Fire Tolerance [2] | Medium | | Frost Free Days [2] | 6 months 20 days | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | Medium | | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Summer | | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | | Growth Form [2] | Single Stem | | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | | Growth Rate [2] | Moderate | | Leaf Type [3] | Deciduous | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Seed | | Root Depth [2] | 24 inches (61 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Slow | | Seed Vigor [2] | Medium | | Seeds Per [2] | 4620 / lb (10185 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | | Structure [3] | Tree | | Usage [3] | The leaves are packed around apples, rootcrops etc to help preserve them;
The young shoots are quite pliable and are used in basket making; Straight shoots can be used to make open-work baskets;
A charcoal made from the wood can be mixed with oil and used as a black paint;
Wood - hard, heavy, durable, close-grained, strong according to some reports, but not strong according to others. Too small to be commercially important, the wood is used for cart shafts, tool handles, small boxes etc; One report says that the wood is quite pliable and was used for making bows, snowshoe frames etc, whilst young saplings could be used as swings for baby cradles; The wood is almost impossible to burn when green and has served as a cauldron hook over the fire; | | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | | | Flower Color [2] | Green | | Foliage Color [2] | Green | | Fruit Color [2] | Brown | | | Fall Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | Flower Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | | Height [3] | 39 feet (12 m) | | Width [3] | 26 feet (8 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [2] | USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°) | | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Shady | | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [2] | Intermediate | | Water Use [2] | Moderate |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 5Aplodontia rufa, Leslie N. Carraway and B. J. Verts, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 431, pp. 1-10 (1993) ♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 7Tamiasciurus douglasii, Michael A. Steele, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 630, pp. 1-8 (1999) |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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