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Latin Name

Habit

Height

Hardiness

Growth

Soil

Shade

Moisture

Acer acuminatum

Tree

6.0

5-9

LMH

SN

M

1

0

2

Tree

8.0

4-8

LMH

SN

M

2

0

1

Tree

15.0

5-9

LMH

SN

M

0

1

3

Field Maple, Hedge maple

Tree

15.0

4-8

F

LMH

SN

M

2

1

3

Acer carpinifolium

Hornbeam Maple

Shrub

10.0

4-7

S

LMH

SN

M

2

0

1

Acer circinatum

Vine Maple

Tree

12.0

6-9

S

LMH

SN

M

2

1

2

Acer crataegifolium

Hawthorn-Leaved Maple

Tree

10.0

5-9

LMH

SN

M

0

0

1

Tree

15.0

6-9

LMH

SN

M

2

0

1

Amur Maple

Tree

10.0

3-8

F

LMH

SN

M

1

0

3

Rock Maple, Rocky Mountain maple, Douglas maple, Greene's maple, New Mexico maple, Torrey maple

Tree

9.0

3-8

S

LMH

SN

M

2

1

2

Box Elder

Tree

20.0

-

LMH

SN

M

2

0

1

Acer macrophyllum

Oregon Maple, Bigleaf maple, Oregon Maple

Tree

30.0

5-9

F

LMH

SN

M

3

1

3

Maple

Tree

15.0

3-8

S

LMH

SN

M

2

1

2

Box Elder

Tree

21.0

3-8

F

LMH

SN

M

3

1

3

Tree

9.0

6-9

LMH

SN

M

0

0

3

Japanese Maple

Tree

8.0

6-8

S

LMH

SN

M

2

0

1

Acer pectinatum

Maple

Tree

10.0

3-6

S

LMH

SN

M

0

0

2

Acer pensylvanicum

Moosewood, Striped maple, Moosewood, Pennsylvania Maple

Tree

4.5

3-7

LMH

N

M

0

1

2

Acer platanoides

Norway Maple, Harlequin Maple

Tree

21.0

3-7

F

LMH

SN

M

2

0

3

Acer pseudoplatanus

Sycamore, Great Maple, Scottish Maple, Planetree Maple

Tree

30.0

4-7

F

LMH

SN

M

2

1

4

Red Maple, Drummond's maple, Swamp Maple

Tree

30.0

4-10

F

LMH

SN

M

3

1

3

Acer saccharinum

Silver Maple, River Maple, Soft Maple

Tree

30.0

3-9

F

LMH

SN

M

3

1

4

Sugar Maple, Florida Maple, Hard Maple, Rock Maple

Tree

30.0

4-8

S

LMH

SN

M

4

2

4

Acer saccharum grandidentatum

Big-Tooth Maple, Canyon Maple, Rocky Mountain Sugar Maple

Tree

12.0

5-8

LMH

SN

M

4

0

3

Acer saccharum nigrum

Black Maple

Tree

25.0

4-6

S

LMH

SN

M

4

1

2

Mountain Maple

Tree

10.0

3-6

S

LMH

N

M

2

2

3

Acer sterculiaceum

Tree

6.0

7-10

LMH

SN

M

0

0

2

Tatarian Maple

Tree

9.0

3-7

M

LMH

SN

M

2

0

1

Shantung Maple, Purpleblow Maple

Tree

8.0

3-8

S

LMH

SN

M

1

0

1

Acer ukurunduense caudatum

Tree

20.0

-

S

LMH

SN

M

1

0

3

1

Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.

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