‘Acer’ is the Latin name for which tree?
Acer leucoderme Acer leucoderme Acer leucoderme (English: chalk maple; also whitebark maple), is a deciduous tree native to the southeastern United States from North Carolina south to northwest Florida and west to eastern Texas. It lives in the understory in moist, rocky soils on river banks, ravines, woods, and cliffs. Although generally a rare tree, it is common in the inner coastal plain and Piedmont regions of Georgia. It is a small tree, reaching 8–9 m in height and developing a round form with slender branches, and often with multiple trunks. The name "chalk maple" (in addition to the Latin name, meaning
Acer floridanum small. They hang from puberulent pedicels 2.4–5 cm long in clusters of a few flowers, appearing before or with the leaves in early spring. This is about two weeks prior to the maturation of the flowers of "Acer saccharum". The tree is generally diecious, though they are often also polygamous, that is having bisexual and unisexual flowers on the same individual. The fruit is a paired samara 1.5–3 cm long. "Acer floridanum" can easily be confused in the field with the closely related "Acer leucoderme" and "Acer saccharum". It can be best distinguished from "A. saccharum" by noting the smaller