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Sapindaceae
Sycamore maple
Acer pseudoplatanus
Also known as Acer pseudoplatanus f. sanguineum, Acer pseudoplatanus f. variegatum, Acer pseudoplatanus subsp. villosum, Acer pseudoplatanus f. concavum
Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Shade Tree · Maple · Large Tree · Urban Tolerant · Fast Growing · Deciduous · Specimen · Hardy
Sycamore maple is a robust, fast-growing shade tree that tolerates urban conditions and various soil types exceptionally well. Once established, it requires minimal care and develops into a stately specimen with attractive bark. Ideal for large landscapes where a dependable shade tree is needed.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Deep watering around root zone, allow soil to dry between waterings · Bi-weekly during dry spells
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.8–7
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 40 ft
- Spacing
- 240 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Argentina South, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krym
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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