Taxonomy: Fam. Sapindaceae// Genus: Acer// Species: Acer tataricum L. The taxonomic classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Raab-Straube, 2018).
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski and Matevski, 2005).
Lifeform: Bush or small tree; phanerophyte (microphanerophyte) according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from East Central Europe to Japan and Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Mixed oak forests, woodland, alongside roads in the zone of downy oak- oriental hornbeam forest community (ass. Querco-Carpinetum orientalis macedonicum).
Flowering period: Spring.
Acer tataricum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani,24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Acer tataricum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani,24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Acer tataricum – twigs. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani,24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Acer tataricum – twigs. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani,24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Acer tataricum – twig with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani,24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Acer tataricum – twig with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani,24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Acer tataricum – leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani,24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Acer tataricum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani,24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Acer tataricum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 06.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Acer tataricum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 06.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Acer tataricum – twigs with fruits. Osogovo Mountains, hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 06.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Acer tataricum branch with fruits. Osogovo hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 06.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Acer tataricum – inflorescence with fruits (samaras). Osogovo hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 06.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Acer tataricum – close-up of fruits. Fruit is winged achene called “samara”. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Acer tataricum– leaves. Osogovo hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 06.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Acer tataricum, twig with inflorescence bearing samaras. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Acer tataricum, twig with inflorescence bearing samaras. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski
Osogovo nature 