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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Acer platanoides
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    SAPINDALES
 FAMILY:   ACERACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Acer platanoides
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    NORWAY MAPLE
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ACPL
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     CULTURAL
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     NO
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   COOK            DEKALB          DUPAGE          IROQUOIS        JACKSON
   KANE            KENDALL         LAKE            MCHENRY
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Serrate   Lobed  (palmately)
    LEAF VENATION:  Palmate
    LEAF SHAPE:       Orbicular
    INFLORESCENCE:   Corymb
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Yellow
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Perigynous
    FRUIT:   Samara
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Species has milky sap present in the leaf stalks; leaves are nearly
     as broad or a little broader than long.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Introduced-  Europe
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 POPULATION STATUS COMMENTS:
     Plant occasionally escaped from cultivation.
 
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Tree
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      4         MONTH END-      5
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Unisexual   -dioecious
 
 BIOLOGIC COMMENTS:
     Species may also be monoecious.
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in vacant lots; along roads.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   WIND
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   INSECT
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
     LANDSCAPING:  YES     AMOUNT:   High
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:  No data entered
     COVER VALUE:
         DEER:     No data     WATERFOWL:    No data   SMALL MAMMAL:   No data
         FISH:     No data     SMALL BIRD:    Good      UPLAND GAME:    No data
         AQUATIC MAMMAL: No data
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:  No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1980.  Forest trees of Illinois.  Third ed.  Illinois
     Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry, Springfield.  331 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
Meeuse, B. J. D.  1961.  The story of pollination.  Ronald Press Company,
     New York.  243 pp.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Acer platanoides
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015