The field maple is a medium-sized plant, about 10m tall, with a tall trunk or shrubby habit. The leaves, medium-small and lobed (3-5 lobes), take on a golden yellow colour in autumn. The corymb inflorescence, yellow-green in colour, appears between April and May. The fruits are double samaras with diverging wings forming an angle of 180°. The bark is dark and fissured, with branches often characterized by corky wings. Widespread in Europe, the field maple grows in broad-leaved forests up to 1200m and was used as a guardian of vines and for country hedges. Medium-sized plant, about 10m tall, with a tall trunk and shrubby form. Medium-small, lobed leaves (3-5 lobes) which take on a golden yellow colour in autumn. Corymb inflorescence, yellow-green in April-May. The fruits are double samaras whose divergent wings form an angle of 180°. The bark is dark and fissured, the branches often have large corky wings. This plant, spontaneous in Europe, reaches England and southern Sweden in the north, and is widespread on the rest of the continent. The field maple is frequent in broad-leaved forests, in hilly and mountainous horizons up to 1200m above sea level. The species was used in the past as a guardian of vineyards and to create country hedges, as it resists drastic pruning very well.