Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Acer > Acer macrophyllumAcer macrophyllum (bigleaf maple)Synonyms: Acer auritum; Acer coptophyllum; Acer dactylophyllum; Acer flabellatum; Acer hemionitis; Acer leptodactylon; Acer macrophyllum f. angustialatum; Acer macrophyllum f. imbricatum; Acer macrophyllum f. kimballiae; Acer macrophyllum f. rubrifolium; Acer macrophyllum f. rubrum; Acer macrophyllum f. tricolor; Acer macrophyllum kimballiae; Acer macrophyllum var. brevialatum; Acer macrophyllum var. imbricatum; Acer macrophyllum var. kimballiae; Acer macrophyllum var. kimballii; Acer macrophyllum var. normalis; Acer murrayanum (homotypic); Acer palmatum (heterotypic); Acer platypterum; Acer politum; Acer speciosum; Acer stellatum Acer macrophyllum, the bigleaf maple or Oregon maple, is a large deciduous tree in the genus Acer. It can grow up to 48.89 metres (160 ft 5 in) tall, but more commonly reaches 15–20 m (50–65 ft) tall. It is native to western North America, mostly near the Pacific coast, from southernmost Alaska to southern California. Some stands are also found inland in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains of central California, and a tiny population occurs in central Idaho. |
| Air Quality Improvement [1] | Low | | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-High | | Carbon Capture [1] | Medium-High | | Screening - Summer [2] | Dense | | Screening - Winter [2] | Porous | | Shade Percentage [1] | 86 % | | Temperature Reduction [1] | Medium-High | | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium |  | | Bloom Period [2] | Mid Spring | | Drought Tolerance [2] | Low | | Edible [3] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Fire Tolerance [2] | High | | Flower Type [3] | Monoecious | | Frost Free Days [2] | 4 months 20 days | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | High | | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Summer | | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | | Growth Form [2] | Single Stem | | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | | Growth Rate [2] | Rapid | | Janka Hardness [4] | 850 lbf (386 kgf) Soft | | Leaf Type [3] | Deciduous | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Pollinators [3] | Insects, Lepidoptera | | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed | | Root Depth [2] | 24 inches (61 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Moderate | | Seed Vigor [2] | High | | Seeds Per [2] | 3120 / lb (6878 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | | Specific Gravity [5] | 0.48 | | Structure [3] | Tree | | Usage [3] | The leaves are packed around apples, rootcrops etc to help preserve them;
A sticky gum obtained from the buds in spring has been mixed with oil and used as a hair tonic;
A fibre obtained from the inner bark is used for making scouring pads, rope and crude dresses; It was harvested in the spring and was also used in making baskets;
Young stems are used as coarse twine warp and weft in the manufacture of baskets;
Wood - light, soft, not strong, close grained. It is highly valued for timber, furniture and indoor use and is also used for carving bowls, veneer etc; It makes an excellent fuel, producing a hot smokeless flame; | | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | | | Flower Color [2] | Yellow | | Foliage Color [2] | Green | | Fruit Color [2] | Brown | | | Fall Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | | Height [3] | 98 feet (30 m) | | Width [3] | 39 feet (12 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°) | | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 10 Low Temperature: 30 F° (-1.1 C°) → 40 F° (4.4 C°) | | Light Preference [2] | Mixed Sun/Shade | | Soil Acidity [2] | Moderate Acid | | Soil Fertility [2] | Intermediate | | Water Use [1] | High to Moderate |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 5Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 7Aplodontia rufa, Leslie N. Carraway and B. J. Verts, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 431, pp. 1-10 (1993) ♦ 8Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 9Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
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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