Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Acer glabrum Torrey
(Rocky Mountain Maple)


Family: Sapindaceae, formerly Aceraceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
By var., see Allred

Acer glabrum can be a tree or shrub. There can be compound and simple leaves on the same plant, and they are usually serrate. Acer glabrum likes upper elevation montane woodland habitat. The flowers are green. Young twigs, branches and flowering bracts are bright red.
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Acer glabrum, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Mark Donnell, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 4, 2007



Acer glabrum, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Mark Donnell, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 4, 2007



Acer glabrum, growth pattern, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak, May 5, 2008



Acer glabrum, detail of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak, May 5, 2008



Acer glabrum, detail of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak, May 5, 2008



Acer glabrum, compound leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak, June 17, 2012



Acer glabrum, simple leaf on same tree as compound leaf in photo above, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak, June 17, 2012


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