Flowering
- Jan1
- Feb2
- Mar3
- Apr4
- May5
- Jun6
- Jul7
- Aug8
- Sep9
- Oct10
- Nov11
- Dec12
Description & Remarks
A shrub or a small tree. Leaves small, 3 lobed, becoming red in autumn before they are shed in winter. Grows in open deciduous forest in Mt Hermon. The plants in Mt Hermon belong to subsp. microphyllum (Boiss.) Bornm.
Family
Additional Names
- English:
- Montpellier maple .
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- אֶדֶר קְטַן-עָלִים
- Synonym (Scientific):
- Acer hermoneum (Bornm.) Bornm. & Schweinf.
תכונות וזיהוי
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העלים מאדימים בסתיו לפני הנשירה
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שיח או עץ קטן נשיר חורף, עם עלים קטנים
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העלה בעל 3 אונות, אורכו 2-1 ס"מ, אורך כנף הפרודה 22-14 מ"מ.
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העלים בעלי 3 אונות, נגדיים. משירי עלים בחורף.
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- tree
- Spinescence:
- absent
- Succulence:
- non-succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- perennating
- Petal or tepal color:
- green
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Flowers hermaphrodite and unisexual (polygamous)
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Homogeneous seeds-fruits
- Flowering Time:
- April, June, May
- Leaf arrangement:
- opposite (two leaves per node)
- Leaf Type:
- entire
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- smooth
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Tragacanth shrub vegetation (Oro-Mediterranean)
- Chorotype:
- Med - Euro-Siberian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- obligate natural
Taxonomy
Acer monspessulanum in the Botanic Library
