Rocky Mountain Glow Bigtooth Maple
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This slow growing relative of the sugar maple is native to the rocky mountains.
Rocky mountain glow bigtooth maple. Also known as the bigtooth maple. Rocky mountain maple is a long lived shade tolerant species that often persists in the understory of coniferous stands. An excellent small sized maple that fits in just about any yard. Rocky mountain glow is grafted to sugar maple rootstock making it less adapted to utah s alkaline soils.
Intense orange to red fall color. Prefers moist well drained sites found in both sandy and rocky soils. Bigtooth maples are best grown on their own rootstock. Very tough and tolerates poor soil conditions.
Map help top of page. Rocky mountain maple is planted to a limited extent to improve wildlife habitat to stabilize slopes and to provide low maintenance landscaping. A rocky mountain native. Attractive fall color varying from red to yellow depending on the climate.
Prune regularly to promote health provide air circulation maintain a desirable shape and to remove dead or damaged branches. Click on image to zoom in. Small usually multi stemmed tree native to the western united states. This cultivar is under trial at colorado state university s w d.
Requires occasional deep soaking to keep healthy. Holley plant environmental research center in fort collins though results have not yet been published. Rocky mountain glow maple. It is a deciduous tree that grows up to 35 50 ft tall the flowers are small and hanging clusters appearing with the leaves.
Grows slow to an oval shape. It grows best with some shade from other trees especially in warm valley sites as in its natural habitat of mountain slopes. The only cultivar i know of is acer grandidentatum schmidt also called rocky mountain glow maple. Location map for acer grandidentatum schmidt rocky mountain glow bigtooth maple.
Can be trained to grow on a single stem. Rocky mountain maple is a highly valued big game browse species. The striking red bark and contrasting light green leaves turning red in the fall make it a desirable ornamental shrub.