Norway maple
InvasiveAcer platanoides
Soapberry (Sapindaceae) · Invasive · 40–60 ft
Knowing it
A planted shade tree with milky sap in the leaf stem and dense shade; seeds into woodlands in the eastern counties and the St. Louis area.
What a tree company sees
Shallow roots and girdling roots; moderately weak. Nothing grows under it.
Recorded in 11 counties
- Boone County
- Buchanan County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Lewis County
- Livingston County
- Marion County
- St. Charles County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.