Bigleaf maple - Acer macrophyllum
Plant type: tree
Mature height: 90 ft; mature spread: 75 ft
(10 yr height: 35 ft; 10 yr spread: 25 ft)
Growth rate: Fast
PPL: yes
Light - full to part sun
Soil - moist to seasonally moist
Ecological function: Top 30 plant host for caterpillar species - 133 species of butterflies/moths use this as caterpillars! (Therefore: bird magnet!)
Plant type: tree
Mature height: 90 ft; mature spread: 75 ft
(10 yr height: 35 ft; 10 yr spread: 25 ft)
Growth rate: Fast
PPL: yes
Light - full to part sun
Soil - moist to seasonally moist
Ecological function: Top 30 plant host for caterpillar species - 133 species of butterflies/moths use this as caterpillars! (Therefore: bird magnet!)
Plant type: tree
Mature height: 90 ft; mature spread: 75 ft
(10 yr height: 35 ft; 10 yr spread: 25 ft)
Growth rate: Fast
PPL: yes
Light - full to part sun
Soil - moist to seasonally moist
Ecological function: Top 30 plant host for caterpillar species - 133 species of butterflies/moths use this as caterpillars! (Therefore: bird magnet!)
These tree’s leave can get to a foot wide! In spring, makes small clusters of yellow flowers.
