Talk:Acer campestre

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[edit] Field maple?

Who calls A. campestre "field maple"? It is almost universally called "hedge maple" by both growers and scholars. The definitive work Maples for Gardens: A Color Encyclopedia by C.J. van Gelderen & D.M. van Gelderen (1999) doesn't even include "field maple" in its very long list of common names and cultivars. I have therefore renamed the article but in doing so I do not intend to "step on any toes", especially those of my good fellow Wikipedians in the UK who might use the name "field maple". The van Gelderens seem to me to be a sufficiently respected and non-Americacentric source to justify this. ◄HouseOfScandal► 03:56, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

• Um, okay, well I am only human...and I rechecked van Gelderen and found "field maple" listed as a common name. I'll change this article back out of respect for my fellow Wikipedians in the UK for whom it is their sole native maple species. Mea culpa. ◄HouseOfScandal►16:20, 27 November 2006 (UTC)