Acer platanoides 'Erectum': 'Erectum' Norway Maple: ENH-193/ST034, 10/2003

Abstract

This cultivar of Norway Maple grows to a height of about 50 feet with a very narrow crown. There may be confusion in the trade on how to separate this from the cultivar `Columnare'. The columnar or fastigiate crown fills with greenish-yellow flowers in the spring. Norway Maple's shallow root system competes with lawn grasses, and the shallow roots can make mowing under the tree difficult. Original publication date November 1993.