Norway Maple It is a Scandinavian and Northern Europe tree that in Great Britain it is much less resistant than the sycamore. It grows up to 30m, with ascending branches, a tall crown and a trunk generally short. One of its characteristic features are the showy yellowish green flowers, grouped in erected tufts of 20 to 40 units that appear before the leaves, at the beginning of spring. The foliar buds are sharper than the sycamore ones and red-brown; the thin leaves, are formed by pointed lobes and y in autumn turn brilliant, often in shades of gold, red and green, though finally gold prevail; the winged seeds form 140-180° angles. The bark is fissured in thin awns; the wood is similar to the sycamore, but less abundant and de grain not so pretty.
Encyclopedia BLUME, Trees, wood and forests of the world, H. Edlin/M.Nimmo, page 190. |