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Acer miyabei

 
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Acer miyabei - Miyabe maple
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Common name: Miyabe maple
Family: Aceraceae (maple family)
Distribution: Japan
IUCN Red list: Vulnerable
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4
Life form: Deciduous tree
IUCN Red List code: VU C1+2a(i) (01 April 2019)
Comments: A deciduous shade tree that grows 50' tall and wide. Attractive dark green leaves are 3-5" long and wide with 3-5 lobes. Flowers are small, yellow-green, appearing in early spring. Bark is grayish brown, corky on younger stems, becoming scaly on mature trunks. In the landscape it works well as a small to medium size shade tree with an oval rounded habit. Fall color is a beautiful golden-yellow.
Links: Flora of Japan • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species

Locations

  • 1: AZA: AZ17 (AZ17) • Accession: D1985-0201.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: DWD: AF08 (AF08) • Accession: D1988-0366.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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