Sapindaceae
Bigleaf maple
Acer macrophyllum
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Acer
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- قيقب ضخم الأوراق
- arz
- قيقب ضخم الاوراق
- Basque
- Oregongo astigarra
- Bulgarian
- Едролистен явор
- Chinese
- 大葉楓, 俄勒岡楓樹, 俄州楓樹, 大葉槭
- English
- Bigleaf maple, Big leaf maple, Big-leaf maple, Oregon maple
- Estonian
- Suurelehine vaher
- Finnish
- Oregoninvaahtera
- French
- Érable à grandes feuilles
- German
- Oregon-Ahorn
- Hebrew
- אדר גדול-עלים
- Hungarian
- Oregoni juhar
- Icelandic
- Ilmhlynur
- Igbo
- Big leaf maple, Big-leaf maple, Bigleaf maple, Oregon maple
- Japanese
- ビッグリーフメイプル, オオバカエデ, ヒロハカエデ
- lah
- اوریگن میپل
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Oregonlønn
- Persian
- افرای درشتبرگ
- Polish
- Klon wielkolistny
- Russian
- Клён крупнолистный
- Swedish
- Jättelönn
Synonyms
- Acer auritum Greene
- Acer dactylophyllum Greene
- Acer flabellatum Greene
- Acer hemionitis Greene
- Acer leptodactylon Greene
- Acer macrophyllum f. angustialatum Schwer.
- Acer macrophyllum f. imbricatum (Kuntze) Schwer.
- Acer macrophyllum f. kimballiae (Sudw. ex E.Harrar) A.E.Murray
- Acer macrophyllum f. rubrifolium A.E.Murray
- Acer macrophyllum f. rubrum A.E.Murray
- Acer macrophyllum f. tricolor Schwer.
- Acer macrophyllum subsp. kimballiae (Sudw. ex E.Harrar) A.E.Murray
- Acer macrophyllum var. brevialatum Kuntze
- Acer macrophyllum var. imbricatum Kuntze
- Acer macrophyllum var. kimballii Sudw. ex E.Harrar
- Acer murrayanum Dippel
- Acer palmatum Raf.
- Acer platypterum Greene
- Acer politum Greene
- Acer stellatum Greene
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Wsiegmund assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Wsiegmund assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Wsiegmund assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Red mapleAcer rubrumSapindaceae
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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.