Family: Aceraceae
Scientific Name: Acer saccharum Goldspire
Common Name: Goldspire Maple
| Description | A densely columnar Sugar Maple selection |
| Pronunciation | (AYE-cer)(sak-KAR-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | prefers moist, tolerant |
| Soil & Site | prefers moist, well drained soils, tolerant of most except compact soils |
| Leaves | yellow to orange fall color |
| Dimensions | A columnar plant reaching 35-40 feet tall by a spread of 10-15 feet. |
| Maintenance | Resistant to leaf scorch in areas where the root growth is not restricted. |
| Propagation | grafting |
| Cultivar Origin | A Princeton Nursery introduction in 1969. |
| Misc Facts | . |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |
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