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Acer campestre

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
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Scientific Literature
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID644006ac0796d974105447
Scientific name Acer campestre
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 1055 (1753)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
- Wood from Acer campestre is used for furniture, veneer, flooring, turned objects, tool handles, and musical instruments. The timber is also employed as firewood due to its moderate density (≈0.60–0.70 g cm⁻³) and good heat output. Bark extracts provide hydrolyzable tannins for leather tanning, while leaf extracts furnish a brown natural dye for protein fibers.

Industrial and craft applications:
- The fine‑grained, moderately hard wood (Janka hardness ≈500 lbf) is suitable for interior joinery, carving, and woodturning. It can be processed into kraft pulp; wood chips contain about 45 % cellulose and 22 % lignin, providing a source of fiber for paper. Bark tannins are used in leather‑tanning processes, and leaf dye is applied in textile crafts.

Food and beverages (non‑medicinal):
- Sap can be tapped and processed similarly to sugar maple, yielding a low‑sugar syrup; the species is occasionally harvested for syrup in parts of Europe, but commercial production is limited.

Colorants and tanning:
- The bark contains gallotannins (hydrolyzable tannins) traditionally used in leather tanning. Leaves yield brown dyes used on wool, silk, and other protein fibers.

Wood and fiber:
- Heartwood and sapwood are harvested as timber. The wood’s lignin‑cellulose ratio makes it suitable for both solid‑wood products and pulp. Fibers are used for kraft and semi‑chemical pulping.

Properties relevant to use:
- Wood density 0.60–0.70 g cm⁻³; bending strength moderate; durability class 3 (moderately durable). Bark tannins are high in gallic acid equivalents, enabling effective leather tanning. Leaf pigments consist of flavonoids and anthocyanins that produce a brown color in natural dyeing.

Standards and regulation:
- Structural timber complies with EN 338 (classification for structural use). Tannin extracts for leather are regulated under EU REACH. Sap collection follows USDA Grade B guidelines where applicable, though commercial grading for A. campestre is not standardized.

Sustainability and sourcing:
- Listed as Least Concern by the IUCN. Widely distributed in temperate Europe and western Asia; harvested from sustainably managed woodlands certified by FSC or PEFC. Regeneration is rapid, supporting continued supply.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Acer affine Opiz Flora 7: 7 (1824)
Acer affine Hoffmanns. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 410 (1842)
Acer bedoi Borbás Enum. Pl. Com. Castriferr. : 267 (1888)
Acer campestre f. aegaeicum Drenk. Naucni Skup. Od. Prir.-Mat. Nauka 1: 15 (1974)
Acer campestre f. bedoioides R.Drenkovski Naucni Skup. Od. Prir.-Mat. Nauka 1(1): 17. 1974
Acer campestre f. boomii Geerinck Taxonomania 1: 4 (2001)
Acer campestre var. fastigiatum Springer Jaarb. Ned. Dendrol. Ver. 6: 179 1930
Acer campestre f. ferrugineum Jovan. Fl. SR Srbije 5: 611 (1973)
Acer campestre var. hebecarpum DC. Prodr. 1: 594 1824
Acer campestre var. josifovicii Gajić & Diklić
Acer campestre f. josifovicii (Gajic & Diklic) Jovan. Fl. SR Srbije 5: 93 (1973)
Acer campestre f. jovanovicii Gajic & Drenk. Naucni Skup. Od. Prir.-Mat. Nauka 1: 16 (1974)
Acer campestre f. latilobum Jovan. Fl. SR Srbije 5: 610 (1973)
Acer campestre f. longipetiolatum Jovan. Fl. Srbije 5: 610. 1973
Acer campestre f. microphyllum Jovan. Fl. Srbije 5: 610. 1973
Acer campestre f. platypterum Jovan. Fl. SR Srbije 5: 610 (1973)
Acer campestre var. serotinum Kit.
Acer collinum Ten. Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol. : 194 (1831)
Acer collinum Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Fl. Tirol 6(2): 793. 1909
Acer eriocarpon Opiz Flora 7(1, Beil.): 83. 1824
Acer erythrocarpum Opiz ex Rouy & Fouc. Fl. France 4: 151 (1897)
Acer haplolobum Borbás Természetrajzi Füz. 14: 70 (1891)
Acer heterolobum Opiz Naturalientausch 9: 114 (1825)
Acer heterotomum Borbás Természetrajzi Füz. 14: 70 (1891)
Acer macrocarpon Opiz Flora 7(1, Beil.): 82. 1824
Acer marucum Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 408 (1842)
Acer microcarpon Masson ex Opiz Naturalientausch vi. (1824) 48; in Flora, vii. (1824) I. 83.
Acer microphyllum Opiz Flora 7(1 Beil.): 82 (1824)
Acer orthopteron Masson ex Opiz Naturalientausch 6: 49 (1824)
Acer palmatisectum Ortmann ex Čelak. Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 538.
Acer polycarpon Opiz Naturalientausch 6: 49 (1824)
Acer praecox Opiz Beitr. Naturgesch. 12: 642 (1828)
Acer quinquelobatum J.Wagner ex Opiz Flora 7(1 Beil.): 83 (1824)
Acer robustum Opiz Beitr. Naturgesch. 12: 659 (1828)
Acer suberosum Dumort. Fl. Belg. : 113 (1827)
Acer tauricum Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 411 (1892)
Acer tauschianum Opiz Seznam : 9 (1852)
Acer tomentosum Kit. Linnaea 32(4-5): 552. 1864 [Jan 1864]
Acer trilobum Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 198. 1782
Euacer affine Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer austriacum Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer campestre Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer eriocarpon Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer erythrocarpon Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer kablikianum Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer leiocarpon Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer macrocarpon Opiz Seznam 42. 1852
Euacer microcarpon Opiz Seznam 42. 1852
Euacer molle Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer obtusilobum Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer orthopteron Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer pallens Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer palmatisectum Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer polycarpon Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer quinquelobatum Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer rubescens Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer rubrotinctum Opiz Lotos 3: 68 (1853)
Euacer scharkense Opiz Lotos 3: 68 (1853)
Euacer stenopteron Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Euacer subquinquelobatum Opiz Seznam : 42 (1852)
Acer campestre f. pendulum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 329 1893
Acer campestre var. variegatum G.Nicholson Gard. Chron. 1881(2): 376 1881
Acer campestre var. macrocarpum Tausch Flora 12: 547 1829
Acer campestre var. foliis-variegatis Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 1: 428 1838
Acer campestre var. collinum DC. Prodr. 1: 594 1824
Acer campestre var. laevigatum Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs 93 1842
Acer campestre var. nanum Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs 93 1842
Acer campestre f. oblongifolium Racib. Spraw. Komis. Fizjogr. 23: 5 1888
Acer campestre subsp. hebecarpum (DC.) Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 326 1893
Acer campestre f. subtrilobum R.Uechtr. & Sint. Pl. Roman. 188 1880
Acer campestre f. brachypterum Borbás & Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 77 1889
Acer campestre var. lobatum Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 77 1889
Acer campestre f. quinquelobum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 326 1893
Acer campestre var. microcarpum Tausch Flora 12: 547 1829
Acer campestre var. mollissimum Tausch Flora 12: 547 1829
Acer campestre var. integrilobum Tausch Flora 12: 547 1829
Acer campestre var. palmatifidum Tausch Flora 12: 547 1829
Acer campestre var. palmatisectum Celak. Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 3: 538 1875
Acer campestre f. molle (Opiz) Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 326 1893
Acer campestre var. hirtivalvum Borbás Term. Füz. 14: 77 1891
Acer campestre var. oxytomum Borbás Term. Füz. 14: 78 1891
Acer campestre var. glabratum Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 1: 364 1827
Acer campestre f. bedoi (Borbás) Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 328 1893
Acer campestre f. collinum (DC.) Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 328 1893
Acer campestre f. microcarpon (Masson ex Opiz) Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 328 1893
Acer campestre f. tauricum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 329 1893
Acer campestre f. argenteovariegatum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 329 1893
Acer campestre f. puncticulatum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 329 1893
Acer campestre f. compactum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 329 1893
Acer campestre f. hirtivalvum (Borbás) Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 326 1893
Acer campestre f. glabratum (Wimm. & Grab.) Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 328 1893
Acer campestre f. pulverulentum (G.Kirchn.) Pax Pflanzenr. IV, 163: 57 1902
Acer campestre f. variegatum (G.Nicholson) Pax Pflanzenr. IV, 163: 57 1902
Acer campestre f. laetum Schwer. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 5: 80 1896

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English hedge maple
English field maple
Spanish quejigo arce
Spanish arce común
Spanish arce moscon
Spanish arcero
Spanish escarro
Spanish malbillo
Spanish moscon comun
Spanish moscon común
an azirón blanco
Arabic قيقب حقلي
Arabic اسفندان
Arabic شجرة العرب
Arabic قيقب
Arabic دب
Azerbaijani Çöl ağcaqayını
Belarusian Клён палявы
Belarusian Клянец
Bulgarian Невярно maple
Bulgarian Клен
Bulgarian Кленов лист
Bulgarian полски клен
Bosnian klen
Catalan auró arrugat
Catalan auró blanc
ce Къахк
Czech babyka
Czech javor polní
Czech javor babyka
Welsh masarnen fach
Danish naur
Danish navr
German maßholder
German massholder
German feldahorn
German feld-ahorn
eml opi
Esperanto kampara acero
Esperanto kampa acero
Estonian põldvaher
Basque astigar arrunt
Persian افرای پرچین
Finnish niverävaahtera
French erable champetre
French érable champêtre
frr fialahorn
Galician pradairo campestre
glk دشت ِ افرا
Croatian javor klen
Croatian klen
Upper Sorbian pólny klon
Hungarian mezei juhar
Armenian թխկի դաշտային
Icelandic hagahlynur
Italian testucchio
Italian testucchi
Japanese コブカエデ
lb kräizholz
lb maasselter
Lithuanian trakinis klevas
Latvian lauku kļava
mhr Нур ваштар
Macedonian Клен
mrj Коэӓн ваштар
Norwegian Bokmål naverlønn
Dutch spaanse aak
Dutch veldesdoorn
Norwegian Nynorsk naverlønn
oc agast
os Уисхъæд
Polish paklon
Polish klon polny
pms Òbi
Punjab ویہڑہ میپل
Romansh ischi champester
Romanian jugastru
Russian Чернокленина
Russian Поклёнок
Russian Паклён
Russian Неклён полевой
Russian Неклён
Russian Неклен
Russian Клён равнинный
Russian Клен полевой
Russian Клён полевой
Slovak javor poľný
Slovenian maklen
Serbian Клен
Swedish naver
Swedish naverlönn
szl polny klōn
Turkish ova akçaağacı
Ukrainian Клен польовий
Walloon bwès d' poye
Walloon doyåve
Chinese 田野槭
Chinese 栓皮槭

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Name Authority First published in
Acer campestre subsp. leiocarpum (Opiz) Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 327 1893
Acer campestre subsp. marsicum (Guss.) Hayek Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(1): 606. 1925 (1925)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Western Asia
      • Iran
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Massachusetts
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Vermont
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000514040
UNII YTT5E0AA0N
Cornell Woody Plants 7
Canadensys 9198
USDA Plants ACCA5
UConn 29
Tropicos 200021
INPN 79734
Flora of Italy 3038
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:781250-1
The Plant List kew-2615447
Missouri Botanical Garden 275376
PFAF Acer campestre
PaleoBotany 73526
Open Tree Of Life 506137
Observations.org 6330
NCBI Taxonomy 66205
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003193
Nature Serve 2.146920
IUCN Red List 193523
IPNI 781250-1
iNaturalist 56193
GBIF 3189863
Freebase /m/028j7f
EPPO ACRCA
EOL 582248
Elurikkus 2482
Calflora (Californian flora) 8451
USDA GRIN 1101
Wikipedia Acer_campestre

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_954870605.1 drAceCamp1.1 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2023-07-14 41 538.91 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
The genome sequence of field maple, Acer campestre L. (Sapindales: Sapindaceae). Christenhusz MJM Wellcome Open Res 05-Nov-2025
PMCID:PMC12754365
doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24795.2
PMID:41480574
Co-located ecological data for exploring top- and subsoil carbon dynamics across grassland-woodland contrasts Reinsch S, Lebron I, Brentegani M, Brooks M, Busi SB, Cagnarini C, Cooper D, Day J, Emmett BA, Fitos E, Goodall T, Griffiths R, Jones B, Keenan P, Keith A, Lopes-Mazzetto JM, Mason KE, Pallett D, Pereira MG, Pinder A, Robinson DA, Smart SM, Thomas A, Benham S, Vanguelova E, Cosby BJ Sci Data 09-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11081944
doi:10.1038/s41597-024-03333-w
PMID:38724554
A dataset of 40’000 trees with section-wise measured stem diameter and branch volume from across Switzerland Didion M, Herold A, Thürig E, Topuz S, Vulovic Z, Abegg M, Nitzsche J, Stillhard J, Glatthorn J Sci Data 09-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11082132
doi:10.1038/s41597-024-03336-7
PMID:38724536
Commodity risk assessment of Tilia cordata and Tilia platyphyllos plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P EFSA J 03-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11066761
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8803
PMID:38707495
Habitat Degradation Facilitates the Invasion of Neophytes: A Resurvey Study Based on Permanent Vegetation Plots in Oak Forests in Slovenia (Europe) Kermavnar J, Kutnar L Plants (Basel) 27-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11013422
doi:10.3390/plants13070962
PMID:38611491
Genetic resources of common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) in Poland Meger J, Kozioł C, Pałucka M, Burczyk J, Chybicki IJ BMC Plant Biol 13-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10935948
doi:10.1186/s12870-024-04886-z
PMID:38481155
Saving the local tradition: ethnobotanical survey on the use of plants in Bologna district (Italy) Chiocchio I, Marincich L, Mandrone M, Trincia S, Tarozzi C, Poli F J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 12-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10936038
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00664-1
PMID:38475780
Commodity risk assessment of Cornus alba and Cornus sanguinea plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Manda RR, Schulz OM, Kariampa P, Akrivou A, Antonatos S, Beris D, Debode J, Kritikos C, Kormpi M, Manceau C, Papachristos D, Reppa C, Gardi C, Potting R EFSA J 12-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10928767
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8657
PMID:38476319
Commodity risk assessment of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P EFSA J 07-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10918603
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8648
PMID:38455154
The Orophilous Shrubby Vegetation of the Juniperetalia hemisphaericae Order in Sicily: A Refuge Habitat for Many Endemic Vascular Species Sciandrello S, Giusso del Galdo G Plants (Basel) 31-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10857485
doi:10.3390/plants13030423
PMID:38337957
Communities of Digger Wasps (Hymenoptera: Spheciformes) along a Tree Cover Gradient in the Cultural Landscape of River Valleys in Poland Olszewski P, Sparks T, Twerd L, Wiśniowski B Insects 29-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10889137
doi:10.3390/insects15020088
PMID:38392508
Patterns of Leaf and Fruit Morphological Variation in Marginal Populations of Acer tataricum L. subsp. tataricum Poljak I, Vidaković A, Benić L, Tumpa K, Idžojtić M, Šatović Z Plants (Basel) 21-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10818317
doi:10.3390/plants13020320
PMID:38276777
Wooded biocorridors substantially improve soil properties in low-altitude rural benchlands Kučera A, Vavříček D, Volařík D, Samec P, Úradníček L Heliyon 17-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10835163
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24381
PMID:38312539
Commodity risk assessment of Corylus avellana plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P EFSA J 12-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10784871
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8495
PMID:38222930
Tree size distribution as the stationary limit of an evolutionary master equation Kelemen S, Józsa M, Hartel T, Csóka G, Néda Z Sci Rep 12-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10786858
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-51553-2
PMID:38216657

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