Big-Leaf Maple vs Mountain Sorrel Rust

Acer macrophyllum compared with Puccinia oxyriae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Mountain Sorrel Rust
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Fungi (菌界)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)
Class	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Sapindales (ムクロジ目)	Pucciniales (サビキン目)
Family	Sapindaceae	Pucciniaceae
Genus	Acer	Puccinia
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Puccinia oxyriae

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Sorrel Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Mountain Sorrel Rust
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 Sorrel Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.