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Common Name: Bigtooth maple
Botanical name: Acer grandidentatum
Type: Tree
Light Requirement: Sun, part shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Height: 50 feet
Width/Spacing: 40 feet wide
Flower Color: Yellow
Blooming Period: Spring
Plant Form or Habit: Small medium tree
Foliage Color and Texture: Deciduous
Butterfly or bird attracter:
Deer Resistant: None
Plant Use: Shade and bird habitat
Bigtooth maple is one of the most attractive and
interesting Texas trees. Native to the sheltered canyons of
the Edwards Plateau (these are the maples of Lost Maples
State Park), the Lampasas Cut Plains and the high
country of the Trans-Pecos, it is a small tree up to 50 feet
tall. It grows in limestone and igneous soils and is relatively drought tolerant. Mature trees have beautiful
red and yellow fall color. The trees in the Edwards Plateau are found in two confusing forms: A.
grandidentatum var. grandidentatum (bigtooth maple), which has three- to five-lobed, toothed leaves, and
var. sinuosum (Uvalde bigtooth maple), whose toothless leaves are three-lobed. However, both types of
leaves can sometimes be found on the same tree.
Flowers are small, yellowish, and found in clusters appearing in early spring. Bigtooth maple usually only
flowers every 2-3 years
Water Requirements: medium low
Soil Requirements: alkaline adaptable
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5
Source of data: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/natives/acergrandidentatum.htm
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