| Description | A very large growing cultivar of the Norway Maple. The purplish red spring foliage color changes to olive green for the summer. |
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| Pronunciation | (A-ser)(plat-an-OI-dees) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-7 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Fruit | samara |
| Leaves | opposite simple leaves that start off as a purplish red color in the spring and change to olive green in the summer. |
| Roots | fiborus |
| Dimensions | A very large tree. I have seen trees with spread approaching 24-30', with a height of over 50'. |
| Propagation | grafting, will not come true from seed |
| Cultivar Origin | 1864 |
| Notes & Reference | #1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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