Mountain Maple

Acer spicatum Lam.

Maple family

Plant Type

Tree, Shrub

Life Cycle

Perennial

Mature Height

25.0 feet

Spread

6.2 feet

Flower Color

Yellow

Bloom Time

Spring

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Tolerant

Water

Water Use Medium

Drought Tolerance Low

Flood Tolerance Low

Soil

Soil Types Loam

CaCO3 Tolerance Medium

Fertility Need Medium

Stress Tolerance

Fire Tolerance High

Salt Tolerance None

Climate

pH Range 4.8 – 7.0

Frost-Free Days 100 days

Precipitation 30 – 70 in

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Host Acleris chalybeana, Acronicta americana, Anavitrinella pampinaria, Archips argyrospila, Argyrotaenia quercifoliana, Automeris io io, Dryocampa rubicunda, Halysidota tessellaris, Heterocampa guttivitta, Hyalophora cecropia, Hyphantria cunae, Iridopsis larvaria, Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa, Lophocampa maculata, Lymantria dispar, Macaria pustularia, Malacosoma disstria, Olethreutes appendiceum, Orgyia leucostigma, Pandemis lamprosana, Sparganothis acerivorana, Xanthotype urticaria, Zale duplicata largera

Fall Color Yes

Evergreen No

Native Range

USA: Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin
CAN: Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.