§1 Plant
Acer nigrum Michx. f.
vernacular black maple — species · Aceraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Aceraceae Juss.
- Genus
- Acer
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 561 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -47 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 130 min.
- Precipitation
- 24–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.3
- Root depth
- 30 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 100 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 28 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 7,030
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- High
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 561 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Shelby 17173
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Warren 17187
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Fayette 18041
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Hamilton 18057
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Rush 18139
- Shelby 18145
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Allen 21003
- Anderson 21005
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Grant 21081
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Knox 21121
- Larue 21123
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Logan 21141
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Martin 21159
- Mason 21161
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Scott 21209
- Shelby 21211
- Spencer 21215
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Dent 29065
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Jackson 29095
- Knox 29103
- Lafayette 29107
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Livingston 29117
- Marion 29127
- Mercer 29129
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Nodaway 29147
- Osage 29151
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 84 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Miami 39109
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Putnam 39137
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Clearfield 42033
- Crawford 42039
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Cannon 47015
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hancock 47067
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Macon 47111
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Pickett 47137
- Putnam 47141
- Robertson 47147
- Scott 47151
- Smith 47159
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alleghany 51005
- Bath 51017
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Highland 51091
- Lee 51105
- Montgomery 51121
- Patrick 51141
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockbridge 51163
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Brooke 54009
- Clay 54015
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hancock 54029
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Marion 54049
- Marshall 54051
- Mason 54053
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wirt 54105
Wisconsin view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Dunn 55033
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Manitowoc 55071
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pierce 55093
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ACNI5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3189854 ↗Record version
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