OLMSTED NORWAY MAPLE
Acer platanoides
'Olmsted'
General Notes
Branches don't droop and resist breakage.
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- Acer platanoides 'Olmsted' - Sapindaceae
- Habit: Erect
Has Deciduous foliage. - Shape: Columnar
- Sunset Zones: 1 - 9 and 14 - 17
- USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 - 7
- Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade
- Water Needs: Well Drained Soil
- Soil Type: Clay, Loam or Sand
- Soil pH: Acidic to Alkaline
- Salinity Tolerance: Good Inland
- Salt Spray Tolerance: Moderate
- Height: 30 feet
- Canopy Width: 15 feet
- Growth Rate: 12 to 36 Inches per Season
- Landscape Use: Street Tree, Buffer Strip or Screen, Bonsai
- Leaves: Palmate Green. Gold in Fall. Deciduous.
- Flowers: Inconspicuous, Green. Flowers in Spring. Has separate male and female flowers on the same tree (monoecious).
- Fruit: Brown or Green
- Pest & Disease: Susceptible to Leaf Stalk Borer, Gall Mites, Aphids, Scales and Borer, Verticillium, Girdling Root, Scorch, Tar Spot and Leaf Spot
- Shading Capacity: Rated as Dense to Very Dense in Leaf
- Root Damage Potential: Rated as High
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