It is a beautiful deciduous tree reaches up to 21 meters in height, and its width is 90 cm sometimes, but the usual options - a 30-60 cm. Crohn tree uneven.The trunk is short and sometimes divided on the basis of long, sprawling, often curved spines radiating in different directions unevenly, creating intermittent crown.If the American maple growing among other trees, its trunk branches above.It turns rare and high krone.
American maple in youth is growing very fast, so it is widely used for landscaping.Furthermore, it is cold-resistant and resistant to minus 40 degrees.The tree loves the sunshine, and to the soil is not particularly demanding.It thrives in urban environments.Lives American maple no more than 80-100 years, that tree is not very long, and in the street plantings, and even less - up to 30 years.
tree is very fragile.Fast growth, easy propagation and simplicity gave it spread among the people.Yet low-quality decorative and fragility allow its use as a temporary breed to achieve rapid greening effect.It can be combined in line and group plantings with vysokodekorativnymi species that grow slower.
Maple leaves, a photo of which you can see opposite, imparipinnate complicated.They have from 3 to 7 leaves 15-18 cm long. They are light green in the upper part and the lower pale silver-white, smooth to the touch.The shape of maple leaves are somewhat similar to the leaves of ash.Their shapes vary, but some well-sheets resemble classic maple leaf.In autumn they are gaining yellow.
American maple in natural conditions found in the riparian forests, as well as in marshy areas of Canada and the United States.In the north-eastern part of the range is limited to the state of New York and New Jersey, and the north-western part - is the southern regions of Ontario.In the south-west - this is the central Texas and south-east - the central part of Florida.Still, some populations may occur in California, Mexico, Guatemala and Midwest.
American maple unpretentious to soil conditions, but on fresh fertile soil grows better, especially if the place is well-lit.It is movable and is very active, has a high growth rate and good air pollution resistant.In the vicinity of cities and towns can be spread by self-sowing, however, it was soon introduced into the natural community, becoming a weed.At the age of 6-7 years the tree is entering the stage of fruiting, so that a change of generations he is faster than other trees.
light, soft, fragile and fine-grained wood, which has an American maple, is rarely used.Because it is mainly made wooden packaging, household items and cheap furniture.
In the world there are many varieties of maples.They are different in many ways.For example, sugar maple, grows much more slowly American maple, and more durable, bad feeling in the city and it is much harder than wood.
