Acer saccharum 'Green Mountain' [sold as Green Moutain®]
Green Mountain Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum ′Green Mountain′ - Summer Habit (Young)
 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Yellow (Greenish-yellow flowers in the spring)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark green summer foliage); Orange (Orange to scarlet fall foliage)
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Samaras are green then brown at maturity)
 Ultimate Height:
40-65 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
25-45 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers well-drained, moist, slightly acidic soils; but adapts to many types of soils including those that are slightly alkaline
 Range:
Cultivated origin
 Maintenance:
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are a dark, lustrous green, opposite, simple, 3-6" in length and width, slightly coarse toothed, with 3 to 5 lobes that come to a fine point. Samaras are 1-1.75" in length and create a horse-shoe shape.
 Ecological Functions:
  Special Characteristics:
  • Drought Tolerant 280
  • Fall Color 219
  • Nativar 34
  • Shade Tree 176

    • Additional Information

    The Green Mountain Sugar Maple is heat tolerant and resistant to leaf scorch. This cultivar has a nice pyramidal shape, strong central trunk, and brilliant orange to scarlet fall foliage.

    48 Acer saccharum 'Green Mountain' [sold as Green Moutain®] found

    = Heritage plant = Memorial plant
    Number Accession ID Location
    12015_00658*ADRUG
    22016_00070*CLYLE
    32015_00508*ALYLE
    42012_01376*DELLT
    52015_00517*ALYLE
    62015_00643*ADRUG
    72015_00641*ADRUG
    8ORIG_8545*AHLTP
    92015_00674*APVAB
    102015_00649*ADRUG
    112015_00650*ADRUG
    122015_00892*AOWEN
    13ORIG_9684*ASCPA
    142015_00581*AHANS
    152015_00679*APVAB
    162015_00680*APVAB
    172015_00672*APVAB
    182015_00638*ADRUG
    192012_01376*BELLT
    202016_00068*ALYLE
    212015_00647*ADRUG
    222015_00670*APVAB
    232015_00513*ALYLE
    24ORIG_8433*AMRDH
    25ORIG_2446*AKNOY
    Heritage Plant
    Dedicated/Memorial Plant
    262015_00920*AHNLY
    272012_01376*CELLT
    282015_00645*ADRUG
    292015_00646*ADRUG
    302015_00895*AHORTPARK
    312015_00639*ADRUG
    322015_00640*ADRUG
    332015_00509*ALYLE
    342015_00579*APVAB
    352015_00577*APVAB
    36ORIG_8062*AROGA
    Heritage Plant
    Dedicated/Memorial Plant
    372012_01065*AWILY
    382015_00637*ADRUG
    392016_00069*ALYLE
    402016_00070*ALYLE
    412015_00516*ALYLE
    422016_00070*BLYLE
    432015_00644*ADRUG
    442015_00651*ADRUG
    452015_00648*ADRUG
    462015_00675*APVAB
    472015_00673*APVAB
    482023_00102*ABECK
    Heritage Plant
    Dedicated/Memorial Plant

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