Acer campestre L.
(Field Maple)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAcer campestre (Field Maple)
GenusAcer (maples)
FamilySAPINDACEAE (maples & horse chestnuts)
OrderSAPINDALES (rues, sumachs, smoke tree, pride of India and tree of heaven)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Acer campestre (Field Maple) :
1: Acer campestre (Field Maple)
16 Aug 2014 OSGR: ST91 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
with ripening fruit
Image 1: Canopy with ripening fruit
2: Acer campestre (Field Maple)
6 May 2000 OSGR: SU77 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Bursting budsImage 2: Young leaves
3: Acer campestre (Field Maple)
18 Dec 1999 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Bark - close-upImage 2: Bark - close-up (2)Image 3: Trunk showing bark
4: Acer campestre (Field Maple)
24 May 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Leaf - top surfaceImage 2: Leaf - under surface

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Poland, J. 2005 Milk matters - the importance of latex in vegetative identification BSBI News No 100: 21-22.

Acer campestre (Field Maple) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Acer campestre (Field Maple)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 73 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Acer campestre (Field Maple)
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