Laurie Campbell / Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) fallen leaves in autumn, Queen Elizabeth Forest Park, Stirlingshire, Scotland, October

Colin Varndell / Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) bud in winter, Dorset, UK, January.

Mike Read / Norway maple (Acer platanoides) seeds on lightbox, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK October

Mike Read / Norway maple (Acer platanoides) individual leaf on lightbox, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK October

Colin Varndell / Norway maple (Acer platanoides) bud in winter. Dorset, UK January.

Colin Varndell / Norway maple buds (Acer platanoides) in spring. Dorset, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Solitary mining bee (Andrena bicolor) feeding on a Norway maple flower (Acer platanoides), Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Norway maple (Acer platanoides) young leaves and flowers in spring, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Duncan Usher / Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) flowering next to road, Germany

Colin Varndell / Norway maple (Acer platanoides) leaf in spring. Dorset, UK April

Konrad Wothe / Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) autumn leaves after first snow, Bavaria, Germany

Colin Varndell / Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) buds breaking in spring. Dorset, UK, April 2012.