Big-Leaf Maple vs Mountain Cup

Acer macrophyllum compared with Geopora arenosa

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Mountain Cup is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Mountain Cup
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Pyronemataceae
Genus	Acer	Geopora
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Geopora arenosa

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Mountain Cup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

Mountain Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Norway.

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.