§1 Plant
Acer nigrum Michx. f.
vernacular black maple — species · Aceraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Aceraceae Juss.
- Genus
- Acer
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 234 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -47 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 130 min.
- Precipitation
- 24–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.3
- Root depth
- 30 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 100 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 28 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 7,030
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- High
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 234 counties across 12 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Allen 21003
- Anderson 21005
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Grant 21081
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Knox 21121
- Larue 21123
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Logan 21141
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Martin 21159
- Mason 21161
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Scott 21209
- Shelby 21211
- Spencer 21215
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Clearfield 42033
- Crawford 42039
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alleghany 51005
- Bath 51017
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Highland 51091
- Lee 51105
- Montgomery 51121
- Patrick 51141
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockbridge 51163
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Brooke 54009
- Clay 54015
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hancock 54029
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Marion 54049
- Marshall 54051
- Mason 54053
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wirt 54105
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ACNI5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3189854 ↗Record version
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