Acer saccharum Marshall

Filed As

Sapindaceae
Acer saccharum Marshall

Collector(s)

D. E. Atha 6960, 22 Apr 2009

Location

United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. The New York Botanical Garden, E of the Bronx River and N of Fordham Road/Pelham Parkway/US 1.

Habitat

Formerly cultivated ground, fallow for at least 20 years with a mix of native and exotic tree species.

Description

Tree 12 m tall, the trunk 30 cm diam; bark grey, rough, longitudinally cracking and peeling outward at the edges to form shallow, orangish, rough furrows; 3 main branches 2.5 m from ground, erect, the lateral braches ascending to spreading, forming distinct chevrons at branch axil; numerous fertile twigs litter the ground under this tree, gnawed off by squirrels. Not evident whether this tree planted or spontaneous.

Notes (shown on label)

Sample preserved in silica-gel at NY

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 01088200

Occurrence ID: 16f7ee84-97c5-479b-ad68-5dc4a54c036d

Laboratory Collections

Tissue Samples, 01122256, D. E. Atha 6960, Acer saccharum Marshall - Accepted : Sapindaceae (191.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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