Montpellier maple
Acer monspessulanum
MediumSecondary
Production
A tough, unhurried little maple that shrugs off drought and poor rocky ground, giving light shade, tidy hedging wood and quiet, long-term structure to a line.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Medium
- Lifecycle
- Secondary
- Soil preference
- Rocky, Loam
- Soil pH range
- 6 – 8
- Min. temperature
- -15°C
- Min. rainfall
- 400 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- High
- Frost tolerance
- Medium
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Irrigation needed
- Low
How to manage it
Drought-hardy small tree for light shade, hedging and windbreaks on rocky ground; formative prune when young to shape a strong trunk.
Watch out for
Too slow and low-yield to serve as a fast biomass producer; casts only light shade and needs real space at maturity.
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