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§1 Plant
Acer circinatum Pursh
vernacular vine maple — species · Aceraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Aceraceae Juss.
- Genus
- Acer
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 52 counties across 3 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -13 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 200 min.
- Precipitation
- 24–80 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 20 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 15 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 4,620
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- High
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 52 counties across 3 states/territories.
California view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Benton 41003
- Clackamas 41005
- Clatsop 41007
- Columbia 41009
- Coos 41011
- Curry 41015
- Douglas 41019
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lane 41039
- Lincoln 41041
- Linn 41043
- Marion 41047
- Multnomah 41051
- Polk 41053
- Tillamook 41057
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Yamhill 41071
Washington view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ACCI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3189884 ↗Record version
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