The Trees at the Promenade Museum

The Italian Maple Tree

It is common in our mid-altitude foothills and low mountains forests along with white oak and beech. The leaves often have three lobes, sometimes five. The petioles (the stems of the leaves) are often red .

Its colours, from pale orange to bright red, brightening up Haute-Provence's autumn.

The fruits are called samaras (winged-seeds) and, as they are grouped in pairs, disamares.

Italian Maple

 

Very common in our hills and low mountains together with white oak and beech. Often, leaves are three, sometimes five- lobed. The petiole is frequently reddish.

Its colours, from from pale orange to bright red, illuminate Haute-Provence falls.

Fruits are winged disamaras.

 

Acer opalus Mill. 1768

 

It is also called "duret" in French. It is called "ayart" in central Occitan dialect ; Honnorat (Vocabulaire français -provençal, 1848, reprinted 1996) gives "agas" or "dureto" in Alpine dialect.

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You will also encounter in the park of the Promenade Museum and during your walks in the Haute-Provence Geopark:

Acer platanoides

The Sycamore Maple, A. platanoides

Acer campestris

The Field Maple, A. campestris

A. monspessulanum

Montpellier Maple, A. monspessulanum