Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum
Striped maple, or moosewood, is a shade-loving understory tree prized for its green bark vertically striped in white. A cool-woodland specimen with big, three-lobed leaves turning soft yellow in fall.
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–25 ft
- Spacing
- 12–20 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, pollinators, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~297 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- CT, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV
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