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Acer palmatum is deciduous, with the growth habit of a shrub or small tree reaching heights of 6 to 10 m (20 to 33 ft), rarely 16 m (52 ft), reaching a mature width of 4.5 to 10 m (15 to 33 ft), [8] often growing as an understory plant in shady woodlands. It may have multiple trunks joining close to the ground.
Acer japonicum is a small deciduous tree growing to 5–10 m (rarely 15 m) tall, with a trunk up to 40 cm in diameter. The bark is smooth on young trees, becoming rough and scaly on old trees. The shoots are slender, and thinly downy with whitish hairs.
Although considered Vulnerable in its native habitat, it has found some use as a street tree, and is the official tree of a number of Japanese municipalities and of Aichi Prefecture. [1] Acer pycnanthum is dioecious, with separate male and female flowers. [5] The bark is grey and longitudinally fissured, sometimes giving a shaggy appearance. [6]
Fullmoon maple (Acer japonicum) Acer laevigatum seeds Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) Series Palmata. Acer amoenum (Carriere) Hara; Acer anhweiense Fang & Fang f. Acer calcaratum Gagnep. Acer campbellii Hook.f. & Thomson ex Hiern – Campbell's maple; Acer chingii Hu; Acer circinatum Pursh – vine maple; Acer confertifolium Merril & Metcalf ...
Acer is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the soapberry family Sapindaceae . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are approximately 132 species , most of which are native to Asia , [ 3 ] with a number also appearing in Europe , northern Africa , and North America .
Acer carpinifolium (hornbeam maple; Japanese: チドリノキ Chidorinoki "zigzag tree") is a species of maple native to Japan, on the islands of Honshū, Kyūshū, and Shikoku, where it grows in woodlands and alongside streams in mountainous areas.
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Acer shirasawanum, the Shirasawa maple or fullmoon maple (Japanese: オオイタヤメイゲツ, romanized: ooitayameigetsu), is a species of maple native to Japan, on central and southern Honshū (Fukushima Prefecture southwards), Shikoku, and Kyūshū.