Mountain Maple
Acer spicatum
Mountain maple is a small, shrubby understory maple of cool northern forests, the only native maple with upright flower spikes. Brilliant red-and-yellow fall color brightens shaded, rocky slopes.
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–30 ft
- Spacing
- 12–20 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
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~297 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- CT, GA, IA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV