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Trees and shrubs
Rocky Mountain maple
Acer glabrum
Rocky Mountain maple is a deciduous tree that reaches about 30 feet at maturity, with a rapid growth rate. Up to about 30 feet tall, with slender spreading branches. In the wild it grows in wooded hills; ravines along streams; above 4500 ft.
Water
Low
Light
Sun
Hardiness
Zone 2
Mature height
30 ft
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Growing guide
- Growth habit
- Deciduous Tree
- Mature size
- Up to about 30 feet tall, with slender spreading branches.
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Water needs
- Low; medium drought tolerance once established; low tolerance of saturated soil
- Light
- Sun
- Cold hardiness
- To -43°F (about USDA Zone 2)
- Bloom
- Yellow, Green · Apr, May
- Grows in
- Wooded hills; ravines along streams; above 4500 ft.
- Native range
- Mts. of western U.S.
Wildlife and uses
Deer, elk, cattle, and sheep browse the foliage.
Though not as handsome as vine maple, this species is more cold hardy. Rocky Mountain maple does not tolerate heat and its leaves may scorch if grown in open, hot, dry and windy sites.
Good for: Restoration, Riparian, Hedgerow, Erosion control, Wildlife, Landscape
Sources
Hardiness zone is estimated from the USDA minimum temperature. Uses are suggested from USDA plant traits.
