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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acer buergerianum   FAMILY Aceraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Trident Maple


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image of Acer buergerianum, Trident Maple

JK Marlow    jkm190509_8289

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Acer buergerianum, Trident Maple

JK Marlow    jkm190509_8290

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Acer buergerianum, Trident Maple

JK Marlow    jkm190509_8291

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Acer buergerianum, Trident Maple

JK Marlow    jkm160629_003

June    Aiken County    SC

In cultivation

Flowers [thus fruit] borne in downy umbel-like corymbs; fruit set oft heavy, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Acer buergerianum, Trident Maple

JK Marlow    jkm160629_004

June    Aiken County    SC

In cultivation

Samaras 3/4-1" long, the wings 1/4" wide, parallel or connivent, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Acer buergerianum, Trident Maple

JK Marlow    jkm160629_006

June    Aiken County    SC

In cultivation

Leaves a lustrous dark green, 3-lobed, lobes acute and pointing forward, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Acer buergerianum, Trident Maple

JK Marlow    jkm160629_006b

June    Aiken County    SC

In cultivation

Leaves 3-nerved at the base, rounded or broad-cuneate, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Acer buergerianum, Trident Maple

JK Marlow    jkm160629_007

June    Aiken County    SC

In cultivation

 

 


PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acer buergerianum   FAMILY Aceraceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4022

Tree
Perennial

Non-native: China

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
Petioles roughly equal length of blade

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals

Flowers in umbel-like corymbs

FRUIT:
Fall
Schizocarp composed of two 1-seeded samaras

 

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