Species: Field Maple (Acer campestre)
Family: Maples and Horse Chestnut (SAPINDACEAE)
Category: Flowering Plants
Location: NW
A. Flowering Plants
More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Maples and Horse Chestnut (SAPINDACEAE)
Known also as the Soapberry family, many members contain mildly toxic saponins with soap-like qualities.
C. Field Maple (Acer campestre)
This native tree is slow-growing, and the hard wood is valued for lathe-turned articles, joinery and woodcarving. Field Maple wood is favoured for violin cases.
The sap is sweet and sugary, and used as a flavouring and to make syrup.
