Field Maple (Acer campestre)

24/5/15

Trees




The bark is light brown and flaky, and twigs are slender and brown and develop a corky bark with age. Small, grey leaf buds grow on long stems. Field maples can grow to 20m and live for up to 350 years.

Look out for: new seeds which are tinged with pink and the wings on the seeds set in a straight line.

Identified in winter by: the older twigs which have corky ridges and small, grey leaf buds.

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