Acer spicatum
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| Internal ID | UUID644006c7ee53f976384916 |
| Scientific name | Acer spicatum |
| Authority | Lam. |
| First published in | Encycl. 2: 381 (1786) |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Common products:
- Sap is tapped and processed into maple syrup; yields are lower in sugar than those of Acer saccharum, with typical sap sucrose concentrations around 1.5–2.0 % (w/v).
- Wood is used as fuel and for small craft objects such as tool handles, turned items, and musical‑instrument components.
Industrial and craft applications:
- Fuelwood: the species’ wood provides a moderate heat value suitable for residential heating when seasoned to ≤20 % moisture.
- Small wooden objects: the light, fine‑grained wood is readily shaped by turning or carving and is employed for low‑stress utility items.
Food and beverages (non‑medicinal):
- Maple syrup produced from Acer spicatum sap is marketed under standard maple‑syrup grades (e.g., U.S. Grade A, Grade B) and meets national food‑safety regulations.
Wood and fiber:
- The wood is described as light and soft, with an average air‑dry density of 0.50–0.60 g cm⁻³ and a low shrinkage factor, making it appropriate for fuel and low‑stress craft applications rather than large‑scale timber.
Properties relevant to use:
- Sap: sucrose concentration ≈1.5–2.0 % (lower than Acer saccharum), requiring longer evaporation to achieve desired syrup density; the resulting syrup has a mild flavor profile.
- Wood: density ≈0.52 g cm⁻³, compressive strength ≈30 MPa, lignin content ≈25 % of dry weight, cellulose ≈45 %–50 %, providing good fuel characteristics and ease of machining.
Standards and regulation:
- Maple‑syrup production must comply with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s maple‑syrup standards (21 CFR 102.13) and the Canadian Maple Syrup Regulations (SOR/2000‑184); sap processing follows FDA Good Manufacturing Practices.
- Firewood must meet ASTM D5865 specifications for energy content and moisture content.
Sustainability and sourcing:
- Acer spicatum is listed as a species of least concern (IUCN) and is abundant across northern temperate forests; limited harvesting for fuel or small timber is considered sustainable under current forest‑management guidelines.
- Sap tapping is conducted on a small, rotational basis; trees are tapped only after reaching a minimum diameter (≈10 cm) and are given a recovery period, minimizing impact on tree health.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Acer montanum | W.T.Aiton | Hortus Kew. 3: 435 (1811) |
| Acer parviflorum | Ehrh. | Beitr. Naturk. 4: 25 (1784) |
| Acer pumilum | W.Bartram | |
| Acer spicatum f. roseocarpum | A.E.Murray | Kalmia 11: 2 (1981) |
| Acer striatum | Du Roi | Harbk. Baumz. 1: 8 (1772) |
| Acer spicatum f. rugosum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 268 1893 |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | moose maple |
| English | dwarf maple |
| English | mountain maple |
| English | white maple |
| Belarusian | клён гронкападобны |
| German | vermont-ahorn |
| Finnish | tähkävaahtera |
| French | érable bâtard |
| French | plaine bâtarde |
| French | plaine bleue |
| French | érable à épis |
| Hungarian | füzéres juhar |
| Icelandic | fjallahlynur |
| Japanese | アメリカヤマモミジ |
| Latvian | vārpainā kļava |
| Norwegian Bokmål | topplønn |
| Polish | klon kłosowy |
| Russian | Клён колосистый |
| Swedish | axlönn |
| Chinese | 山槭 |
| Chinese | 穗果槭 |
Germination/Propagation Top
Suggest a correction or add new data!| Expose seeds to natural outdoor winter conditions for 3 months, then gradually increase light and temperature in the spring. |
| Requires Soaking: These seeds need to be soaked in warm water until they swell, which can take 24-48 hours. Seeds that float are usually not viable and should be discarded, along with the soaking water. |
| Sow seeds immediately as their viability decreases rapidly, or they best germinate when fresh. If stored, seeds might need temperature cycling and patience to germinate. |
Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Northern America click to expand
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Eastern Canada
- Labrador
- Newfoundland
- Ontario
- Québec
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North-central U.S.A.
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Minnesota
- Wisconsin
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Northeastern U.S.A.
- Indiana
- Michigan
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Vermont
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Southeastern U.S.A.
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Tennessee
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Western Canada
- Saskatchewan
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Eastern Canada
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000515128 |
| UNII | 8UV9I6566B |
| Canadensys | 9215 |
| USDA Plants | ACSP2 |
| Tropicos | 200002 |
| INPN | 761908 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:781514-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-2616481 |
| PFAF | Acer spicatum |
| PaleoBotany | 112400 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 403782 |
| Observations.org | 145461 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 57652 |
| Nature Serve | 2.140241 |
| IUCN Red List | 193872 |
| IPNI | 781514-1 |
| iNaturalist | 116361 |
| GBIF | 3189848 |
| Freebase | /m/09hn_g |
| WisFlora | 2426 |
| FEIS | plants/shrub/acespi |
| EPPO | ACRSP |
| EOL | 595760 |
| Elurikkus | 2502 |
| USDA GRIN | 100760 |
| Wikipedia | Acer_spicatum |
| CMAUP | NPO22007 |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.
Scientific Literature Top
Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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| Biomass allocation and plant morphology explain the difference in shrub species abundance in a temperate forest | Markgraf R, Doyon F, Delagrange S, Kneeshaw D | Ecol Evol | 03-Dec-2023 |
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| Comparative transcriptomics reveals divergence in pathogen response gene families amongst 20 forest tree species | Lu M, Cao M, Yang J, Swenson NG | G3 (Bethesda) | 09-Oct-2023 |
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| The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) | Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ | PLoS One | 04-Oct-2023 |
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| Commodity risk assessment of Acer campestre 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, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 06-Jul-2023 |
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| Commodity risk assessment of Acer pseudoplatanus 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, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 06-Jul-2023 |
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| Commodity risk assessment of Acer palmatum 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, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 06-Jul-2023 |
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| Commodity risk assessment of Acer platanoides 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, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 06-Jul-2023 |
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| Bryorutstroemia (Rutstroemiaceae, Helotiales), a New Genus to Accommodate the Neglected Sclerotiniaceous Bryoparasitic Discomycete Helotium fulvum | Baral HO, Sochorová Z, Sochor M | Life (Basel) | 18-Apr-2023 |
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| The Unexpected Identity of Tympanis vagabunda | Quijada L, Baral HO, Pfister DH | Life (Basel) | 28-Feb-2023 |
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| Nitrogen and sulfur deposition reductions projected to partially restore forest soil conditions in the US Northeast, while understory composition continues to shift with future climate change | LeDuc SD, Clark CM, Phelan J, Belyazid S, Bennett M, Boaggio K, Buckley J, Cajka J, Jones P | Water Air Soil Pollut | 05-Sep-2022 |
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| Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 4 | Chen Q, Bakhshi M, Balci Y, Broders KD, Cheewangkoon R, Chen SF, Fan XL, Gramaje D, Halleen F, Jung MH, Jiang N, Jung T, Májek T, Marincowitz S, Milenković I, Mostert L, Nakashima C, Nurul Faziha I, Pan M, Raza M, Scanu B, Spies CF, Suhaizan L, Suzuki H, Tian CM, Tomšovský M, Úrbez-Torres JR, Wang W, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Yang Q, Yang X, Zare R, Zhao P, Groenewald JZ, Cai L, Crous PW | Stud Mycol | 02-Jun-2022 |
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| Commodity risk assessment of Acer palmatum plants grafted on Acer davidii from China | 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, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 12-May-2022 |
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| The long‐term effects of invasive earthworms on plant community composition and diversity in a hardwood forest in northern Minnesota | Alexander G, Almendinger J, White P | Plant Environ Interact | 21-Apr-2022 |
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| Pest categorisation of Malacosoma disstria | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, 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, Grégoire J, Malumphy C, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, MacLeod A | EFSA J | 31-Mar-2022 |
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| Impacts of spruce budworm defoliation on the habitat of woodland caribou, moose, and their main predators | Chagnon C, Bouchard M, Pothier D | Ecol Evol | 18-Mar-2022 |
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Phytochemical Profile Top
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| Name | PubChem ID | Canonical SMILES | MW | Found in | Proof |
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| > Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives / Gallic acid and derivatives / Galloyl esters | |||||
| [(2R,3R,4R,5S)-3,5-dihydroxy-4-(3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl)oxyoxan-2-yl]methyl 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate | 53233246 | Click to see C1C(C(C(C(O1)COC(=O)C2=CC(=C(C(=C2)O)O)O)O)OC(=O)C3=CC(=C(C(=C3)O)O)O)O | 468.40 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.3030290504 |
| [3,5-Dihydroxy-4-(3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl)oxyoxan-2-yl]methyl 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate | 15558211 | Click to see C1C(C(C(C(O1)COC(=O)C2=CC(=C(C(=C2)O)O)O)O)OC(=O)C3=CC(=C(C(=C3)O)O)O)O | 468.40 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.3030290504 |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids | |||||
| 11-Phenylundecanoic acid | 76863 | Click to see | 262.40 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| 12-Phenyllauric acid | 151922 | Click to see | 276.40 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| 13-Phenyltridecanoic acid | 10541544 | Click to see | 290.40 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| 14-Phenyltetradecanoic acid | 53889721 | Click to see | 304.50 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| 15-Phenylpentadecanoic acid | 2737151 | Click to see | 318.50 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Palmitic Acid | 985 | Click to see | 256.42 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Medium-chain fatty acids | |||||
| 10-Phenyldecanoic acid | 140324 | Click to see | 248.36 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Quinone and hydroquinone lipids / Vitamin E compounds / Tocopherols | |||||
| Vitamin E | 14985 | Click to see | 430.70 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Quinone and hydroquinone lipids / Vitamin E compounds / Tocotrienols | |||||
| Plastochromenol-8 | 23628792 | Click to see | 749.20 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids | |||||
| Caryophyllene oxide | 1742210 | Click to see | 220.35 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids | |||||
| Squalene | 638072 | Click to see | 410.70 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Cycloartanols and derivatives | |||||
| (1S,3R,8R,11S,12S,15R,16R)-15-[(2R,6S)-7-hydroxy-6-methyl-5-methylideneheptan-2-yl]-7,7,12,16-tetramethylpentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecan-6-one | 100966504 | Click to see | 454.70 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| 24-Methylene-cycloartanol palmitate | 101933290 | Click to see | 679.20 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| 24-Methylenecycloartanol | 94204 | Click to see | 440.70 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Oxosteroids / 16-oxosteroids | |||||
| (1R,2S,5S,6R,9S,10S,13S,15R,16S)-6-ethyl-15,16-dihydroxy-5-methyl-17-oxapentacyclo[14.2.1.01,13.02,10.05,9]nonadecan-7-one | 21634667 | Click to see | 348.50 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Pregnane steroids / Gluco/mineralocorticoids, progestogins and derivatives | |||||
| 2beta,3beta-Dihydroxy-5alpha-pregnan-16-one | 101712286 | Click to see | 334.50 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives | |||||
| gamma-Sitosterol | 457801 | Click to see | 414.70 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Glucoclionasterol | 12309067 | Click to see | 576.80 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Poriferasterol | 5281330 | Click to see CCC(C=CC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C | 412.70 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Sitogluside | 5742590 | Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C | 576.80 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Stigmasterol Glucoside | 6602508 | Click to see | 574.80 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Stigmasteryl-beta-d-glucopyranoside | 12895774 | Click to see CCC(C=CC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C | 574.80 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Proline and derivatives | |||||
| (2R)-1-methylpyrrolidin-1-ium-2-carboxylate | 6951136 | Click to see | 129.16 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| (4R)-4-Hydroxy-1-methyl-L-proline | 11768700 | Click to see CN1CC(CC1C(=O)O)O | 145.16 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Organoheterocyclic compounds / Lactones / Gamma butyrolactones | |||||
| (3R,4S,5S)-3-[(Z)-hexadec-7-enyl]-4-hydroxy-5-methyloxolan-2-one | 102316568 | Click to see | 338.50 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| (3R,4S,5S)-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-(13-phenyltridecyl)oxolan-2-one | 102316566 | Click to see | 374.60 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| (3R,4S,5S)-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-tetradecyloxolan-2-one | 11174423 | Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC1C(C(OC1=O)C)O | 312.50 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| (3R)-3alpha-(11-Phenylundecyl)-4alpha-hydroxy-5alpha-methyl-4,5-dihydrofuran-2(3H)-one | 102316567 | Click to see CC1C(C(C(=O)O1)CCCCCCCCCCCC2=CC=CC=C2)O | 346.50 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
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