Acer campestre L.

Spice Flowers Fruits

Family: ACERACEAE

Genus: Acer

Catalan common name: Auró arrugat. Auró blanc.

Spanish common name: Acer. Acero. Arce común, Arce menor.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Castelló. Lleida. Tarragona.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Eurosiberian

Uses and properties: Edible or foodstuffs. Furniture, construction and tools.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Phanerophyte.

Habitats: Fir forest and beech forest. Quercus humilis oak wood. Quercus robur oak wood.

Characteristics: Lives solitarily in deciduous forests on eutrophic soils. Differs from other maples as its leaves are divided into 5 trifid lobules; the lamina is ciliate along the margin and measures 4 to 7 cm in length. The fruit is a double samara with two open wings that make up an angle of 180 degrees.