Bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum)

Plant Family: Maple (Aceraceae)

Identification Guide: *Print version
Phenophase Field Guide: *Print version

2009 Live Map - View

Did you Know? The inner bark of Big Leaf maple used to be dried and ground up into a powder that was used to thicken soups, just as we sometimes use cornstarch or flour to thicken soups and stews today.

Phenological Observations of Interest: First Leaf, All Leaves Unfolded, First Flower, Full Flower, End of Flowering, First Ripe Fruit, 50% Color, 50% Leaf Fall

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2009 Live Map for Bigleaf maple

Below you can view the latest 100 observations that have been reported in 2009 for Bigleaf maple (If the map below is empty then there have not been any 2009 observations reported.)

Use the navigation buttons on the left to zoom in/out and pan around. Click on each place marker to get detail information about that observation.

= First Leaf
= All Leaves Unfolded
= First Flower
= Full Flower
= End of Flowering
= First Ripe Fruit
= 50% Color
= 50% Leaf Fall

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