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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 sempervirens, the Cretan maple, is a species of maple native to southern Greece and southern Turkey. [2] [3] [4] Cretan maple (Asfendamos), Dikti Mountains, Crete. Acer sempervirens is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub or small tree, one of the very few evergreen species in the genus. It grows to 10 metres (33 ft) tall with a trunk up ...
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 castorrivularis Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, Beaver Creek Flora) [2] Acer caudatifolium Hayata; Acer chienii Hu & Cheng †Acer clarnoense Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, John Day Formation) [2] Acer crataegifolium Siebold & Zucc. Acer davidii Franch. †Acer dettermani Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene - Early Oligocene, Meshik Volcanics) [2] Acer ...
Field maple Acer campestre, in Ebsdorfergrund-Frauenberg, Hesse, Germany. Aceraceae were recognized as a family of flowering plants also called the maple family. They contain two to four genera, depending upon the circumscription, of some 120 species of trees and shrubs. A common characteristic is that the leaves are opposite, and the fruit a ...
Acer obtusifolium is an evergreen maple that forms a shrub, but can also be grown into a tree to a height of about 16 feet. It has leathery foliage varying from unlobed to tri-lobed. The leaves are normally gray-green. [2]
Acer negundo, also known as the box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple or ash-leaved maple, is a species of maple native to North America from Canada to Honduras. [3] It is a fast-growing, short-lived tree with opposite, ash-like compound leaves.
Acer monspessulanum is a medium-sized deciduous tree or densely branched shrub that grows to a height of 10 to 15 metres (33 to 49 ft) (rarely to 20 metres (66 ft)). [6] The trunk is up to 75 cm diameter, with smooth, dark grey bark on young trees, becoming finely fissured on old trees.