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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acer leucoderme   FAMILY Aceraceae

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

Acer saccharum var. leucoderme

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

Acer saccharum ssp. leucoderme   FAMILY Aceraceae

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

Saccharodendron leucoderme

 

COMMON NAME:
Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple


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image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_727

        

image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

Alan Cressler    alc_8662864657_640f3ca947

April    Aiken County    SC

Flowers in terminal corymbs, pedicels filiform, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

JK Marlow    jkm070407_059

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

Leaves variably pubescent beneath, but (unlike A. barbatum) not glaucous, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).


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image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

JK Marlow    jkm130406_941

April    Aiken County    SC

Calyx tube campanulate, greenish-yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

JK Marlow    jkm230418_2620

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3171

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Sinuses shallow, the angle > 90° (the terminal lobe typically broadly triangular), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3175

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3176

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

JK Marlow    s060506_c

May    Pickens County    SC

Clemson Forest

Lobes narrower at the tip than at the base, tips pointed (even acuminate), per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_acer_leucoderme_3

June        

image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_acer_leucoderme_4

July        

The bark on old trees can be completely black as if charred by fire, per The Native Maples of Georgia (Ware, 2003).

image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_acer_leucoderme_5

July        

image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

Ron Lance    rwl_acerleucoderme

September    McCormick County    SC

The rarest and smallest of the maples found in the South, per The Native Maples of Georgia (Ware, 2003).

image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_leucoderme_sfp_1

November        

"leuco" (white) + "derme" (skin) - refers to the white bark of young trees, per The Native Maples of Georgia (Ware, 2003).

image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_leucoderme_sfp_4

November        

Bark often pale brown to whitish, except on old trunks, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Acer leucoderme, Chalk Maple, Small Chalk Maple, White-bark Maple

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_acer_leucoderme_2

November        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acer leucoderme   FAMILY Aceraceae

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

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

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

 

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Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Rocky slopes and bluffs, particularly over mafic or calcareous rock, on the Gulf Coast in floodplains, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Mountains & Coastal Plain)

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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
Unisexual ?

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

 

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