PLANTS Profile for Acer glabrum (Rocky Mountain maple)

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PLANTS Profile

Acer glabrum Torr.
Rocky Mountain maple

Symbol:

ACGL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Aceraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		I?
CAN		N

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, NV. Usage Requirements.

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Acer glabrum Torr.

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Distribution:
Acer glabrum Torr.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)

Related Taxa:
Acer glabrum Torr.

View 1 genera in Aceraceae, 27 species in Acer or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Acer glabrum var. diffusum
Rocky Mountain maple

Acer glabrum var. douglasii
Douglas maple

Acer glabrum var. glabrum
Rocky Mountain maple

Acer glabrum var. greenei
Greene's maple

Acer glabrum var. neomexicanum
New Mexico maple

Acer glabrum var. torreyi
Torrey maple

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Acer glabrum Torr.

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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 glabrum Torr. – Rocky Mountain maple

Introduced Information:
Acer glabrum Torr.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Acer glabrum Torr.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FAC

FAC*

FAC

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Acer glabrum Torr.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Quinlan							Low	Moderate

Wildlife Habitat Values

Quinlan, S.E., and S. Cuccarese. 2004. Native Alaskan and exotic plants used by wildlife(http://www.wildlife.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=birds.plants, 4 April 2005). Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage.

More Accounts and Images:
Acer glabrum Torr.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28742.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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 4 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Related Web Sites:
Acer glabrum Torr.

CO-Colorado State University Herbarium Page

CO-Southwest Colorado Wildflowers

Canada-British Columbia-Tree Book

Iowa State University

MI-Michigan State University Extension

MT-ECOS Guide to the Ecology of the Northern Rockies

OR-Oregon State University Landscape Plants

UK-Plants For A Future

UT-Range Plants of Utah

UT-Trees and Forest

Virginia Tech Dendrology

WA-Central Washington Native Plants

Washington State Department of Transportation-Ethnobotany

Washington State University

Time Generated: 09/17/2008 02:05 PM MDT