Sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus)
| Occurrence in Děčín | It would be difficult to find a larger park in Děčín where the sycamore maple would be missing. But the oldest specimens can be found in the chateau parks at Mariánské louka and U Tyrše, also in the parks of Bažantnice, Pastýřská stěna and U Kaple, in the Kvádrberk arboretum. The tree with which you stand has a trunk circumference of 310cm, ie almost 1m in diameter, and is one of the largest in Děčín. |
| Application |
Important woody species for landscaping and urban parks in areas with higher air humidity. It is suitable for groups as well as solitaire. He hates salinization, so its use in urban alleys is problematic. It has many cultivars and forms, naturally - ie self-seeding multiplies: Acer pseudoplatanus ´Atropurpureum´ - the leaves are purple
on the underside, in the autumn they are yellow-violet two-colored (in Děčín
for example in Wolkerova Street). Acer pseudoplatanus erythrocarpum - red, red leaves, shiny
green on both sides Other cultivars: Acer pseudoplatanus 'Leopoldii' - the leaves are creamy to
yellow speckled, densely green dotted (in Děčín, for example, in a park on
Loubská Street). |
| Habitat | From lowlands to mountain positions at altitudes of 1100-1400 m above sea level. It is demanding on wool in both soil and air, but it hates permanent waterlogging. It is resistant to frost and exhalates. |
| Location | Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor. |
| Fruits | Glabrous, the wings of achenes form approximately a right angle, about 3 cm long, the nails prominently convex. |
| Blossom | Yellow-green, in 6-12 cm long, cylindrical, overhanging grapes, bloom after foliage in May. |
| Leaves | 5-lobed, rigid, 8-16 (i 20) cm wide, heart-shaped, up to half blade cut out, lobes broadly ovate, coarsely simple or double-serrate, dull-dark green above, glabrous, underside gray-green gray hairs, with bundles of hairs in the nerves of the nerves, petiole 5-25cm long, reddish, autumn color yellow to red. |
| Branches | Young olive-green, glabrous, with cork nipples. |
| Rind | It is silver to gray-brown, later scaly with peeling with ocher to orange spots. |
| Treetop | Up to 30 (40) m tall tree with broad to broadly oval crown, with trunk reaching up to 3m in diameter. |
| Note |
The largest sycamore maple in the Děčín district can be
found in Mikulášovice near Mikov, where the perimeter exceeds 500 cm. The
highest perimeter in the Czech Republic has sycamore maple growing in
Věstoňovice in Třebíč, which has a trunk circumference of 830 cm, making it one
of the strongest in the world. |
