Acer oliverianum
Common name:
Oliver Maple
Pronunciation:
AY-ser ol-i-ver-e-AH-num
Family:
Sapindaceae, Aceraceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Broadleaf deciduous tree to 15-25 ft (~4.5-7.5 m) tall, shoots purplish green, upright spreading, more or less horizontal branches, appears similar to Acer palmatum, Japanese Maple. Leaves opposite, simple, 6-10 cm across, base truncate or cordate, 5-lobed, palmate, rarely 3- or 4-lobed in young shoots, lobes ovate, middle lobe with 5-8 pairs of lateral veins, minor veins finely reticulate (net-like), margins finely serrate, glossy middle green above, lustrous and without hairs (glabrous) below; shades of yellow, orange and red in fall; petiole 2.5-6 cm long. Flowers are whitish, 5 purplish sepals, 5 white petals and 8 stamen, longer than petals. Fruit (samaras) glabrous, 2.5-3 cm long, spreading at a wide angle.
- Shade to part sun
- Hardy to USDA Zone (6)7 Native to China, found in forests, valleys; 1000-2000 m, in Anhui, Fujian, S. Gansu, Guizhou, S. Henan, W. Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, S. Shaanxi, Sichuan, C. and N. Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.
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