The Field Maple Acer campestre cultivar 'Elegant' was released by the Gelderse Nursery in Opheusden

Opheusden

Opheusden is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Neder-Betuwe, and lies about 5 km south of Wageningen....

, Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 in 1990. http://www.galk.de/arbeitskreise/ak_stadtbaeume/baumtest_05/baumtest_nl.htm

Description

The tree grows to a height of < 15 m, and has a compact, slender, ovoid crown comprising ascending branches, making it particularly suitable as a street tree. http://www.galk.de/arbeitskreise/ak_stadtbaeume/baumtest_05/baumtest_nl.htm

Cultivation

As with the species, 'Compactum' thrives best in a semi shade position, on a fertile, well-drained soil.

Europe

• Barcham Trees http://old.barcham.co.uk/ie6, Ely
  Ely, Cambridgeshire
  Ely is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles north-northeast of Cambridge and about by road from London. It is built on a Lower Greensand island, which at a maximum elevation of is the highest land in the Fens...
  
  , Cambridgeshire
  Cambridgeshire
  Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
  
  , UK.