Acer Flashcards
1
Q
How many taxa in acer?
A
49
2
Q
What kind of flowers are characteristic of maples?
A
Erect Corymbs, Monoecious or Dioecious
3
Q
Leaf arrangement of Acer?
A
Opposite
4
Q
- Acer campestre
- Soil Type/pH range?
- Used as:
A
- Hedge Maple
- Wide range of soils, and pH types
- Small tree, under utility lines, hedges in Europe
5
Q
- Degrees between samaras of Acer campestre fruit
- What color as they Mature?
A
~180, “no less than 90”
-Brown
6
Q
-Acer campestre leaves are ___ lobed and have ___ margins, with a ___ inch long petiole
A
3-5, entire, 4
7
Q
This maple has a milky sap in the leaves when detached
A
Acer campestre
8
Q
3 Acer campestre cultivars?
A
‘Carnival’ - verregated white/hgreen,
‘Panacek’ - Gold fall color
‘Louisa Red Shine’ - Reddish green
9
Q
- Acer griseum
- Soil type/pH range
- Used as:
A
- Paperbark Maple
- Wide range of both
- Specimen tree, often multi-trunk
10
Q
- Acer griseum texture
- Growth rate
- Form
A
- Medium-fine
- Very slow
- width 1/2 of height
11
Q
Acer griseum length of pendulous pubescent peduncles? Fruits are ___ degrees, and ___ inches long
A
1 inch, 60-90, 1-1.5
12
Q
- Acer griseum leaf type?
- Terminal leaflet is ___-stalked, lateral are ___ , underside is pubescent along ___ and Petiole.
- Lobes?
A
- Compound trifoliate
- Short, sessile, vein
- Few small lobes
13
Q
Acer griseum cultivars?
A
None important
14
Q
- Acer japonicum
- Soil type/pH?
- Uses?
A
- Fullmoon maple
- Not as wide a range? slightly acidic?
- Specimen tree
15
Q
- Acer japonicum texture
- Growth rate
- Form
A
- Medium-fine
- Very slow
- Width > or equal to height
