Acer maximowiczianum
Common name:
Nikko Maple
Pronunciation:
A-ser max-im-o-wix-ee-A-num
Family:
Aceraceae
Genus:
Synonyms:
Acer nikoense
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Broadleaf deciduous tree, to 50 ft (15 m) high in its habitat, compact, branches until the second year with rust-yellow pubescence. Bark on young trees is gray-brown and striated, on older trees gray and rough but not flaky. Leaves opposite, compound, 3 leaflets, ovate to elliptic-oblong, 5-12 cm long, middle leaflet stalked, axillary leaflets sessile, margin entire or occasionally toothed, upper side dull green, underside gray-green with prominent veins and scattered pubescence; fall color is scarlet-red. Flowers usually 3 per group, yellow, about 1 cm wide. Trees may have all male or all female flowers, if both on the same tree they are on separate branches. Fruit pubescent, wings 4-5 cm long, nearly parallel or forming and angle of up to 60 degrees.
- Sun to part shade
- Hardy to USDA Zone 5 Native to Japan (Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku islands) and China (Hubei and Anhui).
- Caution: There is also another maple species with a similar name, e.g., Acer maximowiczii, Maximowicz's snakebark maple. This small tree has simple leaves and striped bark.
- maximowiczianum: after Russian botanist Carl Maximowicz (1827-1891).
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