Sapindaceae

Field maple

Acer campestre L.

Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer

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Field maple (Acer campestre) — FlowerPhoto: Morten Rosenvold Villadsen, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (59)

Arabic: قيقب حقلي, اسفندان, دب, شجرة العرب, قيقب
Aragonese: Azirón blanco
Armenian: Թխկի դաշտային
arz: قيقب حقلى
Asturian: Pládanu bravu
Azerbaijani: Çöl ağcaqayını
Basque: Astigar arrunt
Belarusian: Клён палявы, Клянец
Bosnian: Klen
Bulgarian: Полски клен, Клен, Кленов лист
Catalan: Auró blanc, Auró arrugat
ce: Къахк
Chinese: 栓皮槭, 田野槭
chm: Нур ваштар
crh: Kîr-úreñgesí, Kîr-akşateregí
Croatian: Klen, Javor klen
Czech: Javor babyka, Babyka, Javor polní
Danish: Navr, Naur
Dutch: Spaanse aak, Veldesdoorn
eml: Opi
English: Field maple, Hedge maple
Esperanto: Kampa acero, Kampara acero
Estonian: Põldvaher
Finnish: Niverävaahtera
French: Érable champêtre, Erable champetre
frr: Fialahorn
Galician: Pradairo campestre
German: Feldahorn, Feld-Ahorn, Massholder, Maßholder
glk: دشت ِ افرا
hsb: Pólny klon
Hungarian: Mezei juhar
Icelandic: Hagahlynur
Italian: Acero campestre, Acero oppio, Testucchi, Testucchio
Japanese: コブカエデ
lah: ویہڑہ میپل
Latvian: Lauku kļava
Lithuanian: Trakinis klevas
Luxembourgish: Maasselter, Kräizholz
Macedonian: Клен
mrj: Коэӓн ваштар
mzn: کرب دار
Norwegian Bokmål: Naverlønn
os: Уисхъæд
Persian: افرای پرچین
pms: Òbi
Polish: Klon polny, Paklon
Romanian: Jugastru
Romansh: Ischi champester
Russian: Клён полевой, Клен полевой, Клён равнинный, Неклен, Неклён, Неклён полевой, Паклён, Поклёнок
Serbian: Klen, Клен
Slovak: Javor poľný
Slovenian: Maklen
Spanish: Arce común, Arce moscon, Arcero, Escarro, Malbillo, Moscon comun, Moscon común, Quejigo arce
Swedish: Naverlönn, Naver
szl: Polny klōn
Turkish: Ova akçaağacı
Ukrainian: Клен польовий
Walloon: Doyåve, Bwès d' poye
Welsh: Masarnen fach

Synonyms

Acer affine Opiz
Acer affine Hoffmanns. ex Walp.
Acer bedoi Borbás
Acer campestre f. aegaeicum Drenk.
Acer campestre f. argenteovariegatum Schwer.
Acer campestre f. bedoi (Borbás) Schwer.
Acer campestre f. bedoioides R.Drenkovski
Acer campestre f. boomii Geerinck
Acer campestre f. brachypterum Borbás & Pax
Acer campestre f. collinum (DC.) Schwer.
Acer campestre f. compactum Schwer.
Acer campestre f. ferrugineum Jovan.
Acer campestre f. glabratum (Wimm. & Grab.) Schwer.
Acer campestre f. hirtivalvum (Borbás) Schwer.
Acer campestre f. josifovicii (Gajic & Diklic) Jovan.
Acer campestre f. jovanovicii Gajic & Drenk.
Acer campestre f. laetum Schwer.
Acer campestre f. latilobum Jovan.
Acer campestre f. longipetiolatum Jovan.
Acer campestre f. microcarpon (Masson ex Opiz) Schwer.
Acer campestre f. microphyllum Jovan.
Acer campestre f. molle (Opiz) Schwer.
Acer campestre f. oblongifolium Racib.
Acer campestre f. pendulum Schwer.
Acer campestre f. platypterum Jovan.
Acer campestre f. pulverulentum (G.Kirchn.) Pax
Acer campestre f. puncticulatum Schwer.
Acer campestre f. quinquelobum Schwer.
Acer campestre f. subtrilobum R.Uechtr. & Sint.
Acer campestre f. tauricum Schwer.
Acer campestre f. variegatum (G.Nicholson) Pax
Acer campestre subsp. hebecarpum (DC.) Schwer.
Acer campestre var. collinum DC.
Acer campestre var. fastigiatum Springer
Acer campestre var. foliis-variegatis Loudon
Acer campestre var. glabratum Wimm. & Grab.
Acer campestre var. hebecarpum DC.
Acer campestre var. hirtivalvum Borbás
Acer campestre var. integrilobum Tausch
Acer campestre var. josifovicii Gajić & Diklić

and 54 more.

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 254 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Morten Rosenvold Villadsen, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Eva-Maria, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Tommy Andriollo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Chris D Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: David Perez, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: goldfjnch, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Willow, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wendy Herniman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Willow, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Willow, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.