Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum
Striped maple, or moosewood, is a shade-loving understory tree prized for its green bark vertically striped in white. A cool-woodland specimen with big, three-lobed leaves turning soft yellow in fall.
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–30 ft
- Spacing
- 15–20 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, pollinators, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~297 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- CT, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WV