''Acer platanoides'' 'Pendulum', or weeping Norway maple, is a

weeping tree Weeping trees are trees characterized by soft, limp twigs. This characterization may lead to a bent crown and pendulous branches that can cascade to the ground. While weepyness occurs in nature, most weeping trees are cultivars. Because of their ...

and a

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of ''

Acer platanoides ''Acer platanoides'', commonly known as the Norway maple, is a species of maple native to eastern and central Europe and western Asia, from Spain east to Russia, north to southern Scandinavia and southeast to northern Iran. It was introduced to ...

'', the Norway maple. It was first found by Niemetz at

Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...

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in 1901. No trees are known to survive of this

Description

without a leader and with perpendicular branches forming an umbrella shape.

Accessions

This cultivar does not seem to have been cultivated outside Romania. It was cultivated at the Bazos Arboretum where the last known specimen died in the year 2000.

Synonymy

*''Acer platanoides'' var. pendulum Niemetz (1901) Govaerts, R., Michielsen, K. & Jablonski, E. (2011). Untraced weeping broadleaf cultivars: an overview.
Belgische Dendrologie Belge
'' 2009: 19-30.

References

platanoides Pendulum Weeping trees Extinct cultivars {{tree-stub