EASIN - European Alien Species Information Network

Kostas Tsiamis
7/8/2016 - 7:32 AM

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In which European countries Acer platanoides is native?

Ioannis BAZOS
7/15/2016 - 3:13 PM

According to Flora Europaea (vol 2 p 238 Tutin et al. 1968) the species is native in most of Europe except the extreme North, the extreme west and the islands. It’s planted for ornament and occasionally naturalized.

Native range: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, former Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, former Yugoslavia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and Turkey in Europe
Naturalized in Great Britain and The Netherlands.

According to the Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands (Davis 1967: vol 2, p 509) the species is native in most of Europe (except the extreme N and S), Caucasia, N. Iran. Also in Turkey (Turkey in Europe and Anatolia).

According to the Med Checklist (Greuter et al 1984: vol 1) it is native in Spain, France, Italy, former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. It is also given as P (problematic) for Portugal (which means that it is doubtfully naturalized there).

According to Boratynski et al (Chorology of trees and shrubs in Greece, 1992), Acer platanoides is a Holarctic element from the European group of species growing also in SW Asia.
In Europe it is given as native in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Hungary, Italy, former Yugoslavia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine. 
 


According to DAISIE
Belgium – Alien (established), Corsica – Alien (established) Not given in Med-Checklist, United Kingdom – Alien (established), Ireland – Alien (established), Latvia – Alien (established), Netherlands – Alien (established), Portugal – Alien (not established), Spain – Alien (established)
http://www.europe-aliens.org/speciesFactsheet.do?speciesId=17106

Though recorded in DAISIE as alien in Belgium, Acer platanoides is not included in the alien plants of Belgium database (http://alienplantsbelgium.be/)

NOBANIS
Finland – unknown status, Netherlands – established
https://www.nobanis.org/species-info/?taxaId=8504
Check CABI for more information on the native distribution of the species in Europe 
http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/2883

It seems that Acer platanoides is partly native in Spain (for more information check Flora Iberica http://www.floraiberica.es/floraiberica/texto/pdfs/09_113_01_Acer.pdf ) and France where according to DAISIE it is considered alien in Corsica


Ioannis Bazos & Andreas Zikos

Kostas Tsiamis
7/21/2016 - 1:10 PM

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The native range of Acer platanoides will be updated in the EASIN Geodatabase

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