ACER
SPECIES,
SUBSPECIES,
AND VARIETY
GALLERY

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Acer cappadocicum
subp. sinicum
var. sinicum
Morris Arboretum. June 2005.

 

Acer carpinifolium
JC Raulston Arboretum. June 2005. Hardly looks like a maple. I recall the first time I saw this species in the late 70's at Rochester's Highland Park Arboretum. I had to read the label three times before believing it and only later when my reference books such a thing existed, was I really sure. Samaras can be numerous and they cascade in long clusters though not as dramatically as with Acer henryi.

 

Acer caudatum
subsp. caudatum
US National Arboretum. June 2005.

 

Acer cissifolium
Tyler Arboretum, Media PA. June 2005. This is truly one of the finest maples on earth. Unfortunately the foliage of nursery plants (as with older trees) has an uncomfortable similarity to poison ivy. The right photo shows Acer griseum on the right and this species in its spreading-globose form on the right.

 

Acer  coriaceifolium
JC Raulston Arboretum. A semi-evergreen species from China, Taiwan, and Japan. It is less glossy in our experience than A. fabri but carries more vein texture. The names means "leather leaved". It is often listed as USDA 8 but 7b seems okay based on the experiences in Raleigh.

 

Acer davidii
Morris Arboretum. June 2005. Two different leaf forms in this variable. I suspect the one on the left may be a hybrid.

 

Acer  fabri
JC Raulston Arboretum. A semi-evergreen species that cannot be tried much above USDA 7b.

 

Acer davidii
subsp. grosseri
Morris Arboretum, PA USA. June 2005. It is normally seen as Acer grosseri and its variety hersii in collections. It
resembles all the diverse David Maples though with more lobing than some of them.

 

Acer heldreichii
var. trautvetteri
Morris Arboretum. June 2005.

 

Acer henryi
Morris Arboretum (left0 and Asian Valley, US National Arboretum (right). June 2005. The USNA tree is very large and centrally located near the pretty red gazebo-type house. The numerous long clusters of schizocarps resemble Pterocarya more so the usual concept of a maple. This is one maple I would cultivate for showy lime fruit and not much else.

 

Acer longipes
subsp. amplum
US National Arboretum. June 2005. This maple looks like a wide-leaved, fan-shaped A. platanoides but without as much luster.

 

Acer mandschuricum
JC Raulston Arboretum. July 2005. This 3-lobed species has narrow leaflets, a nice dark color, and a habit suitable
for smaller gardens.

 

Acer  miyabei
US National Arboretum. June 2005.

 

Acer nipponicum
Morris Arboretum. June 2005. A distinct maple for the sunken veins even to the secondary and tertiary levels. There is nothing else quite like it.

 

Acer oblongum
Morris Arboretum (left) and JC Raulston Arboretum (right), the second example showing the 2 and 3-lobed phase that occurs on younger plants.

 

Acer oliverianum
subsp. oliverianum
Morris Arboretum. June 2005. Apparently a juvenile foliage phrase with more teeth.

 

Acer  pictum (mono)
Duke Gardens. Summer 2004.

 

Acer pilosum
var. stenolobum
JC Raulston Arboretum. June 2005. An attractive variety for its dark, T-shaped, narrow-lobed foliage that is a nice change of pace. As it rarely exceeds 20 feet it has potential for smaller spaces. This variety is perhaps the most showy in the species for the laterals are reduced in size and make it very unique.

 

Acer tataricum
JC Raulston Arboretum. Spring 2004. THis is a pretty maple in flower, almost linden like.

 

Acer triflorum
Tyler Arboretum, PA USA (left) and Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA (right).  Trees need about 15 years or so to get nich, orangey, and flaky. It's no Paperbark maple but the tree is more robust and durable by most accounts.

 

Acer truncatum
US National Arboretum. June 2005.

 

Acer tsinglingense
Morris Arboretum, PA USA. June 2005. A species as lovely as it remains rare.

 

Acer x  zoeschense
'Annae'
US National Arboretum. Juen 2005.