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Lobel Maple
 

Family: Aceraceae
Scientific Name: Acer lobelii Ten
Description: Tree similar to the curly Maple, provided with opposite, palmate-lobated and five-pointed leaves.
Ecology: It can be found in beech woods and in mountain forests.
Flowering: It is an endemic species of Central-Southern Apennine. Abruzzo is the most northern spot where it has been localized.
Interest: It is located in very few places in the beech woods of Palena and Salle.
Presence In the Park: The name Lobelius comes from Matthias De l'Obel, Flemish doctor who wrote a famous “Historia plantarum” in 1576.
 

Acer cappadocicum - foto M. Di Cecco

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