Family: Aceraceae Genus: Sycamore (Acer) Common name: Black Maple (Auró negre). Uses and properties: Furniture, construction and tools. Flowering time: March to May. Life forms: Macrophanerophyte (Macrofaneròfit). Habitats: Mountain holm oak woods. Groves of holm oak, kermes oak and cork oak. Small-leaved oak woods (Quercus faginea). Broadleaf and mixed woods. Features: Deciduous tree several metres high. The leaves are glabrous and slightly leathery, divided into three entire lobes. The flowers are inconspicuous, yellowish-green and grouped in corymb-like inflorescences. A fruit develops with 2 winged seeds forming an acute angle. Information taken from the website http://herbarivirtual.uib.es/ |