• GENERAL DISTRIBUTION
• ECOSYSTEMS
• STATES
• BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS
• KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS
• SAF COVER TYPES
• SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES
• HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION:

ECOSYSTEMS [106]:

STATES:

BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS [39]:

KUCHLER [170] PLANT ASSOCIATIONS:

SAF COVER TYPES [94]:

SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES [283]:

HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES:

Common Plant Associates:
Rocky Mountain maple is found with a variety of tree species throughout its range, including white fir (Abies concolor) [27,28,32,73,81,82,104,177,192,227,228,236,261,278,330,336], subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) [43,73,91,177,228,236,261,282,288,307,330,336], alder (Alnus spp.) [32,75,95,166,191,298,330], birch (Betula spp.) [239,265], common juniper (Juniperus communis) [8,73,95,205], Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum) [271], western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) [223], Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) [81,91,177,236,261,278,282,288,307,330], lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) [16,34,37,71,91,169,200,282], limber pine (Pinus flexilis) [71,209], ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) [16,71,113,143,153,187,200,231,330], cottonwood (Populus spp.) [32,166,191], quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) [31,32,35,71,166,168,259,261,307,325,336], Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) [71,91,121,177,194,227,228,252,261,278,282,288,319,325,329,330], oak (Quercus spp.) [40,261,336], and willow (Salix spp.) [15,32,81,95,166,177,194,210,236,298,307,319].

Several shrub species are commonly found with Rocky Mountain maple throughout its range, including bigtooth maple (Acer grandidentatum) [40,205,228,330], Saskatoon serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) [16,35,49,71,81,82,91,95,166,177,194,210,228,233,284,319,325,336], bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) [70,82], red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea) [48,90,210,298], oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor) [49,236,261,278,319], Utah honeysuckle (Lonicera utahensis) [91,236,257,336], Oregon-grape (Mahonia repens) [8,70,71,81,82,177,319], Oregon boxwood (Paxistima myrsinites) [71,81,82,177,264,284,333], ninebark (Physocarpus malvaceus) [49,71,233,236,319,336], chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) [16,35,71,166,269,319,325,336], Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii) [3,40,95,168,307], currant/gooseberry (Ribes spp.) [8,29,194,278,284], rose (Rosa spp.) [70,71,107,166,257,284], thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) [82,91,135,236,264,284], red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) [16,166,210,233,236], russet buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis) [91,134,209,336], common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) [49,92,134,233,257,269,319], and mountain snowberry (Symphoricarpos oreophilus) [8,70,81,82,177,236,271].

Associated species (northern):
Rocky Mountain maple occurs commonly with several species in the northern portion of its distribution (Alaska south to northern California, Nevada, and Utah). Associated tree species include Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis) [27,34,101,161], grand fir (Abies grandis) [96,121,143,148,149,252,260,264,306,333], California red fir (Abies magnifica) [14,26,27,244], vine maple (Acer circinatum) [164,210], bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) [69], Sitka alder (Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata) [70,210,257], Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesia) [69,210], paper birch (Betula papyrifera) [91,200], Port-Orford cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) [297,313], California hazel (Corylus cornuta var. californica) [210], Douglas hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii) [16,210], western larch (Larix occidentalis) [91,111,143,148,200,249,276,282,329], white spruce (Picea glauca) [90,200], Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) [34], western white pine (Pinus monticola) [91,140,143,148,264], Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) [297,313], Sadler oak (Quercus sadleriana) [28], Pacific willow (Salix lasiandra) [210], Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia) [2,151,226,284], western redcedar (Thuja plicata) [10,27,34,119,121,143,160,187,200,288], western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) [10,27,34,91,101,119,124,148,161,264,333], and mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) [27,161].

Common shrub associates in the northern part of Rocky Mountain maple's range include Pacific serviceberry (Amelanchier florida) [223], sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) [223,269,328], redstem ceanothus (Ceanothus sanguineus) [105,135,319], snowbrush ceanothus (Ceanothus velutinus) [23,105,138,196,223,269], birchleaf mountain-mahogany (Cercocarpus betuloides) [297,313], curlleaf mountain-mahogany (C. ledifolius) [35,200,223], rock clematis (Clematis columbiana) [70,319], Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) [210], salal (Gaultheria shallon) [69], orange honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa) [319], menziesia (Menziesia ferruginea) [8,226,257], Pacific bayberry (Myrica californica) [210], devil's club (Oplopanax horridus) [8,284], Lewis' mockorange (Philadelphus lewisii) [64,319], bittercherry (Prunus emarginata) [16,134,135,210,223,319], bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) [223,269], cascara (Rhamnus purshiana) [233,319], bristly black currant (Ribes lacustre) [284], baldhip rose (Rosa gymnocarpa) [91,284,319], red raspberry (Rubus idaeus) [64,90,251], blue elderberry (Sambucus cerulea) [16,210,233,319], Greene mountain-ash (Sorbus scopulina) [16,75,90,205,233,284], Sitka mountain-ash (S. sitchensis) [70,90,194], white spirea (Spiraea betulifolia) [8,59,64,91,257], tree spirea (Spiraea discolor) [69], California laurel (Umbellularia californica) [297,313], and big huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum) [91,151,257,264,284].

Other common plant associates include queencup beadlily (Clintonia uniflora) [8,9], fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) [8,9,100], oak fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris) [2], sword fern (Polystichum munitum) [2], twinflower (Linnaea borealis) [8,70,151,284], Cascades azalea (Rhododendron albiflorum) [8], smooth woodrush (Luzula hitchcockii) [8], pinegrass (Calamagrostis rubescens) [23,100], and elk sedge (Carex geyeri) [100].

Associated species (southern):
Rocky Mountain maple occurs commonly with several species in the southern portion of its distribution. Common tree species include boxelder (Acer negundo) [97,191,325], New Mexico locust (Robinia neomexicana) [81,168,177,261], blue spruce (Picea pungens) [32,95,177,227,261], Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata) [227], and southwestern white pine (Pinus strobiformis) [153,227,278].

Common shrub associates occurring with Rocky Mountain maple in the southern part of its range include silvertip sedge (Carex foena) [236], true mountain-mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus) [242], cliffbush (Jamesia americana) [81,82,177,236], bush oceanspray (Holodiscus dumosa) [63,81,177,242], Arizona honeysuckle (Lonicera arizonica) [81,177], Texas mulberry (Morus microphylla) [191], mountain ninebark (Physocarpus monogynus) [81,82,177], black cherry (Prunus serotina) [97,191], smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) [242], and blueberry elder (Sambucus glauca) [48].

Plant Communities:
Classifications describing plant communities in which Rocky Mountain maple is a dominant species are as follows:

Arizona [7,81,99,228,236,309]
California [28]
Colorado [6,32,71,82,165,259]
Idaho [70,290,291,292,294,295,296]
New Mexico [3,4,7,81,82,99,177,228,309]
Oregon [28,64,152]
Utah [205,336]
Washington [332]
Wyoming [5,71,290]

Related categories for SPECIES: Acer glabrum | Rocky Mountain Maple