Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum

Form: A small tree, 25 to 63 cm height with a round crown.  This tree is typically multi-stemmed or has branches low.

Text Box: Form: A small tree, 25 to 63 cm height with a round crown.  This tree is typically multi-stemmed or has branches low.

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Leaf: Opposite, simple leaves with serrated margin.  They are 5 to 13 cm in length and have deeply palmately lobed.  Some cultivars so deeply lobed that leaf appears compound.   The color is highly variable depending on cultivar, but commonly deep red.

Text Box: Leaf: Opposite, simple leaves with serrated margin.  They are 5 to 13 cm in length and have deeply palmately lobed.  Some cultivars so deeply lobed that leaf appears compound.   The color is highly variable depending on cultivar, but commonly deep red.

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Twig: Slender, glabrous, red or green with buds broadly conical, green or red, base of bud hidden by tan, fuzzy fringe.

Text Box: Twig: Slender, glabrous, red or green with buds broadly conical, green or red, base of bud hidden by tan, fuzzy fringe.

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Bark: Light brown on surface, dark brown when cut, ridged and furrowed with a rough diamond pattern. Light brown and scaly when young.
Text Box: Bark: Light brown on surface, dark brown when cut, ridged and furrowed with a rough diamond pattern. Light brown and scaly when young.

Flower: Inconspicuous, small, red to purple flowers forming in terminal clusters.  Usually appearing in mid to late spring.

Text Box: Flower: Inconspicuous, small, red to purple flowers forming in terminal clusters.  Usually appearing in mid to late spring.

 

Fruit: Double samara, 2 to 3 cm long, with divergent (90 degrees) wings, reddish brown, persistent during the winter.

Text Box: Fruit: Double samara, 2 to 3 cm long, with divergent (90 degrees) wings, reddish brown, persistent during the winter.

 

 Text Box: Other:  They are native to Korea, China, and Japan and are planted as an ornamental tree throughout the United States.  However it has never naturalized.

 

 

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