Acer platanoides 'Globosum'
Common name:
Globe Norway Maple
Pronunciation:
A-ser plat-an-OY-dez
Family:
Sapindaceae, Aceraceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Deciduous tree, 15 ft (4.5 m) high, with 18 ft (5.5 m) spread, very densely branched, compact, formal globe ("lollipop") habit. Often grafted on a standard. Leaves sharply and acutely dentate, red-brown in spring, developing to medium green, and yellow in fall.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 4 Introduced in 1873 by Van Houtte.
- Oregon State Univ. campus: on Washington Way west of 30th St., southwest of Vet. Research Lab.
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plant habit, summer
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plant habit, fall
