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| I was just wondering how common this tree is throughout Britain. Where I live it is not common at all. There are a few in our South Park (planted ) and one large mature specimen near my home. I would like to think that tree has a safe future and that our council dont just see it as another Sycamore! |
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| Depends what you mean by common, greenlarry. I see it a lot where I live but it is not as common as something like hawthorn, because it is not used as a hedging plant. It is generally seen as a specimen in hedges or as a scattered examples in woodland and copses. It is apparently commoner in the SW and S Wales. BTW what we call Sycamore is Acer pseudoplatanus, not the same as the Sycamore familiar to US forum readers, which we would call a Plane. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Acer campestre
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- Posted by greenlarry UK 8/9 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 29, 12 at 8:41
| Yea I know about the Sycamore but a lot of our council workers couldnt tell a maple from a magnolia! Im also wondering how widespread it is as a wild tree. I don't think I've ever come across a wild grown one! |
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- Posted by jimbobfeeny 5a IN (My Page) on Sat, Sep 29, 12 at 11:38
| I think that Hedge maple is fairly common in Southern England, from what I can gather from reading. It (logically) is a common hedgerow tree, much like red maple over here. |
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| The 2002 Hillier Manual says it is "frequently used in rustic hedges". I have seen similar comments in other references for years. But when I visited England in the 1990s I don't remember seeing that many hedges, at least where we happened to go (various places mostly in a stretch between London and Cornwall). |
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| Greenlarry, as I said, I see it a lot where I live. And it's almost entirely wild trees. If you look at this time of year they stand out more as they start to colour. Did you look at the link I posted? bboy - I'm surprised you didn't see many hedges. Cornwall has a distinctive traditional hedge style of its own, grown on top of stone walls. I can't think where you were looking. Did you stay on main roads or did you get out into the country? Perhaps you were up on the moors where they use stone walls rather than hedges. If you look at a satellite photo of S England you will see mile after mile of hedgerow. I live in SW England and I promise you there are lots of hedges and lots of field maples in my area. Pretty much every field has a hedge around it since most farming here is meat and dairy. Hedges are less used in arable areas. I have several very old specimens in my wood which exhibit the burrs much prized by woodworkers. |
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- Posted by greenlarry UK 8/9 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 29, 12 at 14:35
| Yes I did thanks Flora |
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| The more striking parts we went through, along the south coast looked like the Palouse wheatfield country in se WA. As I remember it the Johnson, More, Collins Tree Guide gives an indiction of frequency for each tree. |
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| Sounds like the South Downs in the SE, bboy, or along the M4 corridor, which are indeed more open than other areas. Maybe you didn't get into much of the rest of the countryside. I promise you there are still a lot of hedges despite the depredations of farmers grubbing them out. |
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- Posted by greenlarry UK 8/9 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 30, 12 at 6:47
| Ah I did a training walk down there in 1998! I probably walked pasta few but too busy to notice! |
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| Here in Sweden acer campestre is considered the rarest native tree. It is found only in one single location in the southern part of the country. It is quite common in cultivation though. |
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| I have had this question in mind as the leaves start turning here. The field maples are very prominent with their yellow foliage. I have seen many hundreds along roads in Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset. So the answer to the original question is that it is extremely common in my part of the world. The picture is rubbish as it is taken from a car doing 70 mph. But all the yellow you see is Acer campestre. |
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| Sort of OT, but about when do the trees in England get mostly bare? And when is leafout in the Spring? |
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| "Im also wondering how widespread it is as a wild tree. I don't think I've ever come across a wild grown one!" The northern limit for native Field Maple is around the red line in the map below (map from the site flora_uk linked to) "Sort of OT, but about when do the trees in England get mostly bare? And when is leafout in the Spring?" Varies a lot between different species; the first to drop leaves (mostly various continental Asian species) are in mid October, the bulk from around now and the next week or so, and the last (Turkey Oak, Italian Alder) in mid to late December. In spring, it's distinctly earlier in the south and west, late March to late April, and later in the northeast, mid April to late May. Resin |
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