Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum

Florida maple
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Rick Cantrell, Magnolia Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

Florida maple

Sinónimo(s):

Acer barbatum, Acer floridanum

Especie del género:

Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum

Familia:

Sapindaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

tree

Tamaño:

To about 25  ft tall.

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

green

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

Deciduous. Blooms in spring (inconspicuous). Fruits ripen by fall. Fall color is yellow to salmon.

Destacado por:

Fall Color

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Specimen tree. Understory tree in mesic woods and on slopes.  Similar to sugar maple, but much smaller.

Consideraciones:

None.

Disponibilidad:

FNPS Plant Sales, Seed

Propagación:

Seed. Warm moist stratification followed by some cold is said to improve germination.

Luz:

Part Sun, Shade

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Short very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Loam

pH del suelo:

Adaptable

Apto para cultivo en:

8A, 8B, 9A

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
Vouchered
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Birds, Mammals

Attracts  bees but may also be self-fertile.

Birds, bats and small mammals use as habitat.





Seeds predominatly eaten by squirrels and other rodents. 

Hábitats nativos:

Moist to moderately dry hammocks of north to north-central Florida.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

Slow growing; hard, strong wood. This tree has an erect form with a single trunk and a spreading crown.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Burns, Russell M., and Barbara H. Honkala [Technical coordinators]. (1990). Silvics of North America: Volume 2. Hardwoods. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook 654. ( https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/1548 ). Accessed 2025.


Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. (1999). Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.


Huegel, Craig N. (2010). Native Plant Landscaping for Florida Wildlife. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Nelson, Gil. (2003). Florida's Best Landscape Plants: 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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