Sapindaceae
Mountain maple
Acer spicatum
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Acer
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Common names
By language (15)
- arz
- ايسر سبيكاتوم
- Belarusian
- Клён гронкападобны
- Chinese
- 山槭, 穗果槭
- English
- Mountain maple, Dwarf maple, Moose maple, White maple
- Finnish
- Tähkävaahtera
- French
- Érable à épis, Plaine bleue, Plaine bâtarde, Érable bâtard
- German
- Vermont-Ahorn
- Hungarian
- Füzéres juhar
- Icelandic
- Fjallahlynur
- Japanese
- アメリカヤマモミジ
- Latvian
- Vārpainā kļava
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Topplønn
- Polish
- Klon kłosowy
- Russian
- Клён колосистый
- Swedish
- Axlönn
Synonyms
- Acer montanum W.T.Aiton
- Acer parviflorum Ehrh.
- Acer pumilum W.Bartram
- Acer spicatum f. roseocarpum A.E.Murray
- Acer spicatum f. rugosum Schwer.
- Acer striatum Du Roi
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 708 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mason Brock, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: jrcagle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anna Hess, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jillllybean, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carter Dorscht, CC0, from iNaturalist
More in Acer
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- Sycamore mapleAcer pseudoplatanusSapindaceae
- Norway mapleAcer platanoidesSapindaceae
- Field mapleAcer campestreSapindaceae
- BoxelderAcer negundoSapindaceae
- Sugar mapleAcer saccharumSapindaceae
- Red mapleAcer rubrumSapindaceae
- Montpellier mapleAcer monspessulanumSapindaceae
- Tatar mapleAcer tataricumSapindaceae
- Silver mapleAcer saccharinumSapindaceae
- Fullmoon mapleAcer japonicumSapindaceae
- Italian mapleAcer opalusSapindaceae
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.