| Scientific Name: | Acer pensylvanicum |
| Common Name: | moosewood maple |
| Family Name: | Sapindaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Street (boulevard tree), Tall background, Wildlife food, Wind break, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Obovate, Double serrate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Green-yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Samara, Schizocarp, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, most blades obovate, 12-17cm long x 10-20cm wide, 3 forward-pointing shallow lobes with acuminate tips (there may also be 2 minor lobes towards the base), margins finely toothed, petioles 3-5cm long; racemes pendulous, 7-14cm long, flowers yellow, ~1cm wide, imperfect; schizocarps 1.5-2.5cm wide, thick edge of wings at 60-110 degree angle, samaras 1-2cm long. Winter ID: buds opposite, valvate, 2 scaled, red; bark striped green and black. | |