Rocky Mountain Maple
Acer glabrum
Rocky Mountain maple is a graceful multi-stemmed small maple of western mountain canyons and streamsides, with reddish twigs and clear yellow fall color. Tough and cold-hardy for high-elevation gardens.
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 10–25 ft
- Spacing
- 10–20 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow, red, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, pollinators, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~297 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NE, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY