OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Acer floridanum   FAMILY Sapindaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acer floridanum   FAMILY Aceraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Acer floridanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (Gentry et al., 2013)

Acer saccharum var. floridanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Acer barbatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 115-01-006b:

Acer saccharum ssp. floridanum   FAMILY Aceraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Saccharodendron floridanum

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple


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JK Marlow    jkm070407_061

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

Leaf blades to 3.5" long. Upper surfaces dark green, lower whitish & hairy, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).


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image of Acer floridanum, Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple

JK Marlow    jkm200425_4171

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Leaves glaucous and pubescent beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Acer floridanum, Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple

JK Marlow    s070407_b

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

Terminal lobes of some leaves broader toward tip than toward base, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Acer floridanum, Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3166

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Acer floridanum, Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3170

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Sinus angle < 70° (the terminal lobe typically w parallel margins, or narrower toward the base), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Acer floridanum, Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_acer_barbatum_2

July        

Bark is usually gray, furrowed or in plates, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Acer floridanum, Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_acer_barbatum_3

July        

Leaf undersurface pale, silvery-gray, or strongly glaucous, usually pubescent, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Acer floridanum, Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_acer_barbatum_4

July        

image of Acer floridanum, Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_acer_barbatum_5

July        

image of Acer floridanum, Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple

JK Marlow    jkm181119_5953

November    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Acer floridanum, Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple

Lisa Wagner    lkw_acerbarbatum_sm

November?        

Attractive deciduous tree, typically 20-25' tall in landscapes, up to 60'. — Lisa Wagner

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Acer floridanum   FAMILY Sapindaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acer floridanum   FAMILY Aceraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Acer floridanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (Gentry et al., 2013)
Acer saccharum var. floridanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Acer barbatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 115-01-006b:
Acer saccharum ssp. floridanum   FAMILY Aceraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Saccharodendron floridanum

 

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Tree
Perennial
Dioecious or polygamous

Habitat: Bottomland forests, mesic slopes, especially common over mafic or calcareous rocks, but not at all limited to such situations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Mountains)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
Petals absent
Usually unisexual, also both bisexual and unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp composed of two 1-seeded samaras

 

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