Acer platanoides L.

Spice In the field

Family: ACERACEAE

Genus: Acer

Catalan common name: Erable. Plàtan fals.

Spanish common name: Arce plàtano. Arce real.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Girona. Lleida.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Eurosiberian

Uses and properties: Furniture, construction and tools. Symbolic uses.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Phanerophyte.

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

Characteristics: Can be found in moist deciduous forests, on eutrophic soils. The leaves are five-lobed and large (10 to 15 cm). The lobules are not very deep and end in only a few teeth (1-2 each side), very acuminate. The fruit wings form a strongly obtuse angle.