xauense (Pau & Font Quer) Dobignard Acer granatense, the Spanish maple, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Acer, native to southern and eastern Spain, including the Mallorca in the Balearic islands, and the Rif mountains of Morocco.

[3][1] Considered by some authorities to be a subspecies of the Italian maple, Acer opalus subsp.

granatense, it is often found growing on cliffs and crevices in mountainous areas.

[4] It grows from 190 and 2,000 meters elevation, often on north-facing slopes where it is sheltered from the effects of the Mediterranean climate summer droughts.

It is often associated with Abies pinsapo, Quercus spp., Berberis vulgaris subsp.