Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana Small tree Zones 2–10 20–30 ft
Shares stream banks and rocky ground in the wild.
A native we do not grow
Vine Maple
Acer circinatum. Small tree, 10 to 30 feet, zones 4 to 9; full sun, part shade or shade; dry, average or wet ground.
We do not grow vine maple, and it is not in our shop. This page gathers what our tools say about it and the natives we grow for the same ground.
At a glance
| Other names | Oregon vine maple |
|---|---|
| Form | Small tree |
| Height, feet | 10 to 30; up to 43 in its native stands |
| Spread, feet | Up to 35 |
| Zones | 4 to 9 |
| Sun | Full sun, part shade or shade |
| Soil moisture | Dry, average or wet ground |
| Growth | Medium |
| Leaves | Deciduous |
| Traits | Fall color, wildlife value, erosion control |
| Flowers | March to June |
| Fruit | Samaras, September to November |
| First crop | Under 10 years |
| Pollination | Not known whether one bears alone |
| Planting season | Spring. The Native Plant Network's Corvallis protocol found that bare-root seedlings planted in spring near Corvallis and in western Washington did very well. |
| Black walnut | Not named on the Morton Arboretum's lists |
| Ground | The forest understory, stream banks, rich moist slopes and rocky ground |
| Native in | 4 states |
Vine maple is native in 4 states: Alaska, California, Oregon and Washington. The states are the USDA PLANTS Database's records, with the native range read from the Fire Effects Information System, the NRCS plant guide, the Jepson eFlora and NC State Extension.
What our tools say
How fast it grows and how big it gets, by site Whether it suits your zone, sun and soil How far from a house, wires and a septic field What grows with it in the wild and in a yard When to plant it where you live When it flowers and fruits, month by month How to sow its seed, with dates for your place Whether one you have can be moved, and what the move takes How old one is, from its trunk How a big one scores against the champion trees
For the same ground, we grow
These trees we grow share the most of vine maple's natural communities in the wild, by the companion species tool's rules.
Read from
Its figures come from the Forest Service's Fire Effects Information System, the Woody Plant Seed Manual, the USDA PLANTS Database, Oregon State University's Landscape Plants, the Wildflower Center, Calscape, the Jepson eFlora, NC State Extension and the Native Plant Network.