A tree with 🌳︎ broadleaves arranged ╫ opposite, blade division=🍁︎ simple, 5-♧-lobed, rough-textured, undersurface not downy-white, vein network intricate.

Also called 🇪🇺 European maple, European sycamore and English sycamore.

Part of 🍁︎ maple  genus Acer in soapberry  family Sapindaceae in cashew / 🌰︎ chestnut / 🍊︎ citrus / 🍁︎ maple  order Sapindales.

Native to 🇪🇺 Europe and western Asia.    🌎︎ Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (colors).   Invasive > 🌐︎ various Invasive > 🇺🇸 USA Invasive > USFS  Adobe Acrobat Reader file on No-Plant List by Seneca Nation of Indians.  Adobe Acrobat Reader file (pages 58 and 60)

Its wood is used to make 🎸︎ guitars.

This plant is known to be a host for (in areas where invasive) 🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF)  Lycorma delicatula.

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🏠︎ 🍁︎ maple leaves  genus Acer

🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF)  Lycorma delicatula