Horticulture 231

List 4 – Maples (broadleaf trees with opposite leaves) - Practice quiz

# Scientific Name Common Name Family Origin Native
in WA

1 Acer campestre Hedge maple Sapindaceae Africa and Europe

2 Acer circinatum Vine maple Sapindaceae Western N. America, WA yes
3 Acer ginnala Amur maple Sapindaceae China and Japan
4 Acer glabrum Rocky Mountain maple Sapindaceae Western N. America, WA yes
5 Acer griseum Paperbark maple Sapindaceae China
6 Acer macrophyllum Bigleaf maple Sapindaceae Western N. America, WA yes
7 Acer negundo Box elder Sapindaceae North America
8 Acer palmatum Japanese maple Sapindaceae China, Japan, and Korea
9 Acer palmatum var. dissectum Laceleaf Japanese maple Sapindaceae China, Japan, and Korea
10 Acer platanoides Norway maple Sapindaceae Europe
11 Acer platanoides 'Crimson King' Crimson King Norway maple Sapindaceae Belgium
12 Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore maple Sapindaceae Europe and Western Asia

13 Acer rubrum Red maple Sapindaceae Eastern & central N. America
14 Acer saccharinum Silver maple Sapindaceae Eastern & central N. America
15 Acer saccharum Sugar maple Sapindaceae Eastern North America

Plants repeated from Hort 232:

R1 Amelanchier alnifolia Saskatoon serviceberry Rosaceae Central N. Am., WA yes
R2 Malus sp. Flowering crabapple Rosaceae N. hemisphere


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Virginia Lohr , Professor, E-mail: lohr@wsu.edu
Department of Horticulture
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164-6414 U.S.A.
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