PLANTS Profile for Acer nigrum (black maple)

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PLANTS Profile

Acer nigrum Michx. f.
black maple

Symbol:

ACNI5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Aceraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Acer nigrum Michx. f.

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Synonyms:
Acer nigrum Michx. f.

	ACNIP	Acer nigrum Michx. f. var. palmeri Sarg.
	ACSAN	Acer saccharum Marsh. ssp. nigrum (Michx. f.) Desmarais
	ACSAN2	Acer saccharum Marsh. var. nigrum (Michx. f.) Britton
	ACSAV	Acer saccharum Marsh. var. viride (Schmidt) E. Murray
	SANI9	Saccharodendron nigrum (Michx. f.) Small

Distribution:
Acer nigrum Michx. f.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Acer nigrum Michx. f.

View 1 genera in Aceraceae, 27 species in Acer

Classification:
Acer nigrum Michx. f.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Sapindales
Family	Aceraceae – Maple family
Genus	Acer L. – maple
Species	Acer nigrum Michx. f. – black maple

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Acer nigrum Michx. f.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
black maple		Special Concern
Massachusetts:
black maple		Special Concern
New Hampshire:
black maple		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Acer nigrum Michx. f.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 182135.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

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Acer nigrum Michx. f.

Silvics of North America

Time Generated: 10/03/2008 11:47 PM MDT