Free Shipping Available. Buy Acer Saccharinum on ebay. Money Back Guarantee! General Information Scientific name: Acer saccharinum Pronunciation: AY-ser sack-uh-RYE-num Common name (s): 'Pyramidale' silver maple Family: Aceraceae USDA hardiness zones: 3A through 9B (Fig. 2) Origin: native to North America Invasive potential: weedy native Uses: urban tolerant; reclamation Availability: not native to North America Figure 2.
Acer saccharinum 'Pyramidale' Witte esdoorn 'Pyramidale'; Zilveresdoorn
This cultivar of Silver Maple has a broad columnar shape with essentially one trunk and is a rapidly-growing, fairly weak-wooded tree which reaches a height of about 60 to 70 feet on a moist to wet site (Fig. 1). The tree is useful in wet areas, transplants easily and can grow where few others can. Acer saccharinum 'Pyramidale' silver maple 'Pyramidale' A fast-growing, deciduous, broadly upright tree ultimately reaching 20m in height, with sharply-toothed, very deeply cut pale green leaves, silvery-white beneath, turn yellow to orange or red in autumn. Greenish flowers in clusters appear in spring, followed by greenish winged fruits in autumn Soils and Topography Within the range of silver maple the forest soils are predominantly brown and gray-brown podzols (orders Spodosols and Inceptisols) but the species is found most often on alluvial soils in the orders Inceptisols and Mollisols. Its best growth is in better-drained moist areas (11). A deciduous tree 90 to 120 ft high, with a trunk 9 to 12 ft in girth in America and reaching the lesser of these dimensions under cultivation in Central Europe. The habit is extremely graceful, the tree forming a huge spreading, rounded head with the smaller branches and branchlets pendulous; bark light grey; branchlets glabrous.
Acer saccharinum ’Pyramidale’ Tönnersjö Plantskola
Acer saccharinum silver maple A very vigorous deciduous tree with deeply palmately-lobed leaves, white beneath, turning red and yellow in autumn; small yellow-green flowers before the leaves Other common names soft maple sugar maple see more white maple Synonyms Acer dasycarpum Acer eriocarpum Join the RHS silver maple, ( Acer saccharinum ), large, spreading tree, of the soapberry family (Sapindaceae), popular as a rapid-growing shade tree. Native to eastern North America, it is widely cultivated elsewhere. General Information Scientific name: Acer saccharinum Pronunciation: AY-ser sack-uh-RYE-num Common name (s): silver maple Family: sapindaceae USDA hardiness zones: 3A through 9B (Figure 2) Origin: native to eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada UF/IFAS Invasive Assessment Status: native Uses: urban tolerant; shade; reclamation Silver maple is cut and sold with red maple as 'soft maple' lumber [ 16 ]. It is a valued timber species in the Midwest, and may prove to be equally valuable in the Northeast [ 43 ]. On good sites silver maple can be managed for timber. On poor sites, it can be managed for cordwood [ 43 ].
silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
Acer saccharinum 'Pyramidale' Large tree with a wide columnar habit in its juvenile years. Maturing oval to round. The base of the crown is formed by a few heavy, upright branches. Height circa 20 m., spread circa 12 m. The 5-lobed leaf is dark green with a grey-white underside. In spring unfurling in blue-red hues. Acer saccharinum 'Pyramidale'. AKA Acer saccharinum 'Fastigiatum'. Fast-growing, large, wide, columnar habit, maturing oval to round. Small, yellow flowers appear in clusters before the foliage. Deeply lobed, light green leaves have silvery undersides. Foliage turns yellow in the fall. Its low branches provide good screening.
Acer saccharinum 'Pyramidale' Height 20 m, fast growing Crown initially columnar, later oval to round, dark, dense crown Bark and branches grey and smooth Leaf palmate, 5 lobes, dark green, 10 - 15 cm, autumn colour yellow Autumn colour yellow Flowers green-yellow, inconspicuous, March Acer saccharinum ( Pyramidale Silver Maple ) Vigorous, fast growing tree reaching 70 feet tall and 40 feet wide, with high tolerance for poor soils, heat and drought. However, this tree is weak-wooded with narrow crotch angles and competitive surface roots.
Acer saccharinum 'Pyramidale' Arboles
This is a large deciduous tree with a columnar form in early years, developing a more rounded crown in maturity making it pyramidal in shape. Foliage is dark green with a grey-white underside. In autumn, foliage turns a yellow and bronze with new spring growth opening in redish-blue tones. Flowers are greenish-yellow but inconspicuous. Acer saccharinum is a deciduous Tree growing to 30 m (98ft) by 15 m (49ft) at a fast rate. See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 3. It is in flower from February to March, and the seeds ripen from April to June. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Wind. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow.
