Honey bees
Nectar value
High
Pollen value
High
Pollinator plant
Field Maple, Hedge maple
Acer campestre
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
Solitary wild bees
Nectar value
High
Pollen value
High
Agroforestry database
Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Tree
- Size
- Medium
- Dimensions
- 15.00 m high × 11.00 m wide
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 4-8
- Moisture
- Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Sun, Partial shade
Uses
- Edible parts
- Inner bark, Leaves, Sap, Seed, Sweetener
- Functions
- Carbon farming, Companion planting, Timber, Potassium accumulator
- Edibility
- 2 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 1 out of 5
The sap of this tree contains a certain amount of sugar and is often used as a drink or concentrated into syrup by allowing the water to evaporate. However, the sugar concentration is lower than that of sugar maples (A. saccharum). The syrup is often used as a sweetener in foods. To obtain the sap, the tree is tapped in early spring, with the sap flowing better on warm sunny days following a frost at night. The highest sap production is often achieved in cold winter regions with a continental climate.