Acer glabrum var. glabrum
Rocky mountain maple
Family: Sapindaceae · Type: shrub · Native
Rocky mountain maple is a native shrub found in the Klamath Ranges, northern California Ranges, and northern and central Sierra Nevada Mountains in moist to somewhat dry montane rocky slopes and canyons at elevations of 1,400 to 3,000 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces small greenish-yellow flowers with distinctive maple leaf characteristics. Growing with multiple stems 2 to 4 meters tall, it forms a dense, multi-branched shrub with a spreading habit. Its leaves have 3-lobed blades approximately 3 to 5.5 centimeters long, with sharp teeth along the outer edges of each lobe and thin, delicate leaf texture.
Habitat: Moist to +- dry, montane rocky slopes, canyons
Bloom period: May-Jun
Elevation: 1400-3000 m
Bioregions: KR, NCoRH, CaRH, n&c SNH
California counties: Tulare, San Bernardino, Nevada, Alpine, Amador, Humboldt, Fresno, Lassen, Sacramento, Butte, Del Norte, El Dorado, Inyo, Kern, Mono, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Mariposa
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.