Identified in winter by: individual buds that are green and red. Palmate with five lobes with a few pointed teeth. They are usually dark green in colour, fading to yellow and occasionally red before falling in autumn. Once pollinated by insects, female flowers develop into winged seeds, known as samaras, which fall in autumn and are spread by wind. It's an A-Z tree guide in your pocket. Norway maple was introduced to the UK from its native range of eastern and central Europe in the 17th century.
It can be found in the UK as a street tree and is widely planted as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens due to its tall trunk and tolerance of compacted soils, shade and pollution. A number of moth caterpillars feed on the leaves, and the flowers provide nectar and pollen for bees and other insects.
Birds and small mammals eat the seeds. Norway maple timber is similar to that of sycamore, being hard, strong and pale cream in colour. It may be used for a variety of situations, including furniture and turnery. However it is not often grown commercially due to problems associated with grey squirrels, which strip the bark. Trees are also planted widely in towns and cities, thanks to their ornamental value and tolerance of shade and pollution.
Norway maple is affected by a variety of fungal diseases, including verticillium wilt and honey fungus. It is vulnerable to bark stripping by grey squirrels, horse chestnut scale insect and horse chestnut leaf miner. While the city stopped planting Norway maples more than 10 years ago, they still exist in the current canopy as seen on the map below. Every year, Norway maples planted in between the curb and sidewalk are strategically removed and replanted with a more desirable non-invasive tree.
For D. Contact Information. Online Store. Get Updates. First Name. We have the same issue with our neighbor's giant cedar and fir trees. Oh, and nothing grows in our once beautiful vegetable garden anymore either because they block out all sun.
Long story short here, imo, Norway maple haters are definitely missing out! I have been living my own little hell under these nasty no-good invasive beasts 13 of them and unable to plant anything around them.
I thought I was alone in my thinking they are simply awful That said, I just learned that they can be tapped for syrup. Plot twist! Before I get too excited, can anyone on this thread verify this? I too love the trees in my yard and would be disappointed if I were told that they were invasive trees. We recently took out a burning bush as we learned it is invasive. There are SO MANY beautiful trees and I hope people become awakened to planting native trees that are beneficial to native flora and fauna.
The following is from the University of Vermont extension. Norway maple is an invasive plant you should not put in landscapes, and for which there are several good alternatives. This maple tolerates heavy shade, so establishes well in woodlands where birds drop their seeds. There, with their own heavy canopies, they shade out native wildflowers. Their shallow roots compete in forests with other less vigorous native vegetation.
Norway maple is the most prevalent maple in Europe, occurring from Norway to Iran. Seedlings first were introduced to this country by the famous nurseryman and explorer John Bartram in The Norway maple Acer platanoides is widely planted in landscapes and along streets. Grown for its vigor, adaptability, and cool shade it provides, it has drawbacks even in landscapes.
The shallow, dense roots compete with lawns and many less vigorous landscape plants. The seedlings can be a problem in home landscapes just as they are in natural ones. Both the red and sugar maples are alternative choices to the Norway maple. Both reach a similar height of 50 to 70 feet as the Norway maple. They are native, hardy, and have attractive seasonal foliage. The red maple Acer rubrum has red spring color when in bloom, and yellow to red leaves in fall.
The red maple tolerates wet soils better than the sugar maple, but is not as drought tolerant. There are many other alternative trees. I can see from the Norway maple defenders here that an emotional investment is motivating your comments. If you step back from trees you grew up with, or what you planted and watch grow, you have to ask yourself: how are the trees I choose to plant affecting my local ecosystem?
There are no caterpillars or other bugs that can eat a Norway maples leaves. Its root system does crowd out other understory plants, and the only things that grow underneath are other non-native plants English Ivy, pachysandra terminalis, hostas, and more Norway maples. If you choose to plant like this, you are encouraging a sterile, empty landscape, since it provides no food for insects, spiders, or birds.
If you plant slow-growing native oaks, the opposite will be true. Even if you plant fast growing, aggressive native black cherry trees, the opposite will be true. You will encourage a diversity of life forms around you, which is what residential landowners should be striving to do. I agree this article isn't written maybe in the most convincing fashion, but the conclusion is correct.
No one should be planting new Norway maples, and people who own property with existing Norway maples should develop a plan to remove them, and replace them with native tree species, which will also drop leaves, seeds, nut "garbage" but which will encourage small and diverse lifeforms beyond your imagination. It really does happen. If you plant some milkweed, you will get Monarch butterflies.
If you don't rake your leaves, you will get fireflies. These are things we can see. There are also myriad lifeforms that we CAN'T see that we are encouraging by planting native plants, but when you see more and different kinds of birds in your yards, and holes in the some of the leaves, you will know that what you have planted made a positive difference. I have 4 of these beauties surrounding my town house.
Is there any type of chemical or poison I can use to kill them. I absolutely and vigorously HATE these stinking trees. Please, someone, invent an awful tree poison!! A pain in my back to put it nicely. Anyone out there find just cutting the tops off is adequate? At first glance the tree is a nice shaped tree but very invasive.
And true that the leaves fall off late making Fall cleanup a problem. Couldn't agree more with this article. What's mind blowing is that people still argue that a tree recommended by no arborist society in the country is a great idea. Tree farms grow and sell these for one reason or my they are cheap and grow fast. This is not unlike our native silver maple which is also sold at the big three.
The best compromise for those looking for a maple that grows quickly and gets big is a red maple. Is it true that Norway Maples actually have some sort of poison in them that prevent things from growing near them?
And I was also told the seedlings have some sort of poison in them as well! It's 'lovely' branches fall on our power and phone line s. You nature-loving fans of this tree can go seed a uranium mine in your backyard. While I agree with some other comments regarding issues in the article like the use of the word trash? It's not just the author's opinion. The comments basically saying "but I like them! Do a little research, folks.
The tree can be OK as a stand alone tree in an urban yard, but they are terrible if allowed to spread into woodlots or compete with any other young trees. At my parent's house, Norway Maples were starting to take over their woods. After I removed them all, sunlight once again was allowed down through the canopy and more native and beautiful plants began to thrive again.
I left the Norways alone that were shade trees by the house since I didn't want to drastically alter their landscape all at once, but just know that if you plant Norways and have a little bit of woods around, you'll want to protect your woods by removing any young Norways that infiltrate. They are invasive, officially, scientifically, that's what they are. Give Sugar Maples a chance, or select a non-maple. Please always keep learning. I will try to also. As other comments have pointed out Norways do not seed twice and if they are dropping that many leaves during the season it is due to their habitat and health, not the variety.
Norway Maples are not for you but many people love them I know this type and they are truly irrritatting. What a hateful lonely existence when you are so intolerant of others, when you refuse to allow your neighbors to make choices they want for their OWN property and for themselves. The neighbor probably cut the tree down because they got tired of hearing her shreeking tantrums like an infant to get her way.
By the way most shallow rooted trees with large canopies will make growing anything under them challenging because of the competition for water, nutrients, and sunlight, that was a truly weak illogical argument,.
I just had a large Norway maple cut down. Good riddance. It came with our house and initially I liked the shade it provided, but every winter literally thousands of box elder bugs hatched from this tree. They hang out on the south of our house and make a terrible mess.
The only way to break the cycle was to cut down the host tree. I stumbled here, sadly, while looking for some info about my much-loved Norway Maple. Is it non-native?
Am I non-native? I can only assume that this is a site that encourages gardening since it's part of the title, but this strange language you are using in regard to trees is what makes people who are uneducated want to cut down every tree in their yard because they are "dirty.
I planted one because I like em. The native sugar maple is a weak species; filling with rot even while young. They make weak joints. They often die long before their time. They have no pollution resistance. They do have good firewood and syrup. But the Norway maple is far superior in most ways.
NM is an obvious street tree choice as is Silver maple. If you want to help others eradicate a specific plant you would do well to describe it accurately. Most of the pix you posted show the characteristic ragged leaves of Silver maple which is very clear by the 1st "roof" picture, and your descriptions are sketchy.
Norway exotic is no match for Silver native for invasiveness and rapid growth. Neither is desirable; Sugar and Red are much more beautiful and not messy albeit harder to grow, but worth the effort.
I have six Norway Maples on my property, and I wish I had more. Firstly, they grow fast. Secondly, they provide great shade. Thirdly, their green leaves are among the first to open, and remain leafy green long after most other trees have lost their leaves. And forth, they block out really ugly views abd neighbours' peering eyes. I have had no problem growing hostas underneath them, and even if I couldn't grow anything under, so what. They are a beautiful, tall tree that adds beautiful greenery for three seasons.
Yes, seedlings show up a lot, and yes, there are a lot of leaves to rake up in the fall, but to be honest, I rarely even rake them. They break down organically, and create more topsoil each and every year. I have one right in front of my bedroom window, and I love it. It gives me privacy, and with the shallow roots, I don't have to worry about the roots causing damage to my foundation.
I just trim a few branches every couple of years. Have had it there over twenty years, and I love, love, love it, just as I love those in my back yard.
By the way, my rating is for the tree, not this article. You have certainly expressed your basic feelings. But maybe some people love the shade? I would have really liked to have seen and had described the differences from the Sugar Maple, esp. Many people may have no idea how they differ like me, as they seem so very similar. I would hate to see people cut down a Sugar Maple thinking it is an invasive.
My Husband and I also have a Norway Maple that has destroyed all of the underlying grass and plants. We are seriously considering having the tree removed but have one question. How long will it take for all of our vegetation to once again thrive after the tree his gone?
I've read several articles stating that the tree actually emits toxins in the root system. This leads us to worry that it will remain in the soil. Norway Maple threatens my roof You may have noticed by now that invasive plants make me a little angry as well as the people who continue to plant invasives, and especially the people who continue to sell invasive plants.
Norway Maple top snapped off, resprouting from trunk The plant that is inspiring my anger this week is the Norway Maple Acer platanoides because my neighbor has a whole yard full of them and he has no interest in maintaining them or eliminating the danger that they present to my roof. Brush pile of Norway Maple fallen branches Norway Maples continue to be sold throughout the country as ornamental shade trees.
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