Acer floridanum

ClassificationDicots
FamilySapindaceae
Family (Traditional)
GenusAcer
Species:Acer floridanum Pax
Common NameSouthern Sugar Maple
Growth Habittree
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: tree; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: palmate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Green; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Samara; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 5
StatusNative
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Acer barbatum Acer barbatum Michx.
Acer barbatum var. longii Acer barbatum var. longii (Fernald) Fernald
Acer barbatum var. villipes Acer barbatum var. villipes Ashe
Acer floridanum Acer floridanum Pax
Acer floridanum var. longii Acer floridanum var. longii Fernald
Acer floridanum var. villipes Acer floridanum var. villipes Rehder
Acer nigrum var. floridanum Acer nigrum var. floridanum (Chapm.) Fosberg
Acer saccharinum subsp. floridanum Acer saccharinum subsp. floridanum (Chapm.) Wesm.
Acer saccharinum var. floridanum Acer saccharinum var. floridanum Chapm.
Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum (Chapm.) Desmarais
Acer saccharum var. floridanum Acer saccharum var. floridanum (Chapm.) Small & A.Heller
Saccharodendron barbatum Saccharodendron barbatum Nieuwland
Saccharodendron floridanum Saccharodendron floridanum Nieuwland

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Calloway (KY), Carlisle (KY), Christian (KY), Cumberland (KY), Fulton (KY), Graves (KY), Hickman (KY), Lyon (KY), Metcalfe (KY), Trigg (KY), Wayne (KY), Cheatham (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), Dickson (TN), Fayette (TN), Gibson (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hickman (TN), Montgomery (TN), Obion (TN), Putnam (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Warren (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: MEM, APSC, EKY, UCHT, MDKY, MTSU, BEREA, TENN, SWMT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1926 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
APSC0019921 Montgomery Tennessee 03 Jun 1984 Kevin H. Souza
84-62
APSC
Acer floridanum
BRIT68070 Davidson Tennessee 06 Aug 1926 Jesse M. Shaver
7319
VDB
Saccharodendron barbatum
SWMT02416 Tennessee 15 Apr 1957 Clara Ann Mormann
SWMT
Acer barbatum
MEM020742 Shelby Tennessee 04 Sep 1970 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
70M2
MEM
Acer barbatum
31234100181997 Metcalfe Kentucky 08 Jun 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
10471
EKY
Acer floridanum
BEREA021894 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Acer barbatum
BEREA021895 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Acer barbatum
TENN-V-0143192 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Acer barbatum
UCHT032934 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Acer barbatum
UCHT032936 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Acer barbatum
31234100181955 Graves Kentucky 27 Jun 1973 Elizabeth M. Browne
73D1.1
EKY
Acer barbatum
TENN-V-0143191 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Acer barbatum
APSC0019918 Christian Kentucky 04 Jul 1968 Bernadine Frances
78
APSC
Acer floridanum
MTSU013778 Warren Tennessee 06 Sep 2003 David Palmer
MTSU
Acer barbatum
MDKY00006800 Lyon Kentucky
MDKY
Acer barbatum
MDKY00006804 Graves Kentucky
MDKY
Acer barbatum
APSC0019910 Trigg Kentucky 14 Jul 1975 Edward W. Chester
3042
APSC
Acer floridanum
APSC0019920 Hickman Tennessee 22 Jun 2000 Edward W. Chester with Dwayne Estes
13849
APSC
Acer floridanum
APSC0099797 Montgomery Tennessee 23 Jun 2018 Edward Chester
APSC
Acer floridanum
APSC0019924 Giles Tennessee 26 Jul 2002 Dwayne Estes
3751
APSC
Acer floridanum
APSC0019911 Stewart Tennessee 26 June Edward W. Chester
14745
APSC
Acer floridanum
APSC0032840 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Acer floridanum
APSC0019917 Decatur Tennessee 13 Jul 1989 Milo Guthrie
2333
APSC
Acer floridanum
31234100181989 Wayne Kentucky 20 May 1966 Edward T. Browne Jr.
11836
EKY
Acer floridanum
31234100182003 Cumberland Kentucky 21 Sep 1997 James B. Beck
280
EKY
Acer barbatum
31234100181948 Carlisle Kentucky 13 May 1971 Elizabeth M. Browne
71E13.1
EKY
Acer barbatum
APSC0019913 Trigg Kentucky 20 June Edward W. Chester
14743
APSC
Acer floridanum
APSC0019926 Dickson Tennessee 24 Apr 1942 Jeanette Jobe, R.E. Shanks
1846
APSC
Acer floridanum
31234100181963 Hickman Kentucky 21 Jul 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
1758
EKY
Acer barbatum
MDKY00006803 Christian Kentucky
MDKY
Acer barbatum
MDKY00006801 Carlisle Kentucky
MDKY
Acer barbatum
UCHT018896 Putnam Tennessee
UCHT
Acer barbatum
APSC0064715 Fulton Kentucky 23 Jul 1980 Max Medley
APSC
Acer floridanum
APSC0019916 Lyon Kentucky 30 Jun 1975 E.W. Chester
2992
APSC
Acer floridanum
APSC0019915 Stewart Tennessee 01 Oct 1980 Jackie Stack, Larry Carpenter
651
APSC
Acer floridanum
APSC0019922 Obion Tennessee 24 Jun 1948 A.J. Sharp, S. Fairchild, A. Clebsch, E. Clebsch
7901
APSC
Acer floridanum
APSC0019909 Lyon Kentucky 06 Jul 1966 Billy Evans, Eugene Wofford
1740
APSC
Acer floridanum
UCHT032935 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Acer barbatum
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Acer floridanum - Dwayne Estes
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Acer floridanum - Dwayne Estes
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Acer floridanum - Dwayne Estes
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Acer floridanum - Joey Shaw
Acer floridanum - Joey Shaw
Acer floridanum - Joey Shaw
Acer floridanum - Joey Shaw
Acer floridanum - Joey Shaw
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