Chalk Maple
Acer leucoderme
Chalk maple is a refined understory maple named for its pale, smooth bark, lighting up shaded Southeastern slopes with orange and red fall color. An excellent small native shade tree for tight spots.
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 20–35 ft
- Spacing
- 20–30 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, pollinators
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~297 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, NC, SC, TN, TX