Common Names
Common Names in English:
Nikko Maple
Description
Physical Description
ID Features: Large, sharp-pointed terminal bud. Buds often clustered at shoot tip. Bud scales densely pubescent except for brown band at the top of each. scale. Pubescent, robust, trifoliate leaves.
Habit: Small, rounded or vase-shaped tree , typically with a single, short main trunk .
Flowers: Yellow, not especially showy. May. • Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: pale yellow
Seeds: Fruit: Felt-covered samaras, 1" to 2" long.
Foliage: Summer foliage: Opposite, trifoliate , with 2" to 4" long leaflets . Leaflets are fuzzy underneath and relatively robust and thick when. hardened-off. • Fall foliage: Can turn reddish or burgundy, but the color is usually yellow with muted. red overtones.
Size/Age/Growth
Growth Rate: Relatively slow grower. • Size: Deciduous, 20' to 30' tall.
Landscaping
Landscape Uses: Shade or lawn tree for small yard . Specimen. Rare or uncommon plant. • Liabilities: Relatively maintenance and problem free . Can be difficult to locate in commerce.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Best grown in slightly acid, moist, well-drained loamy soil. Full sun to partial shade.
Soil: Minimum pH: 5.1 • Maximum pH: 6.0
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rutanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Sapindales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Order:
Sapindales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Maxim. Publication : Bull . Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 12: 227 (-228) 1867 [13 Nov 1867]Parentage: Acer lobelii × Acer platanoides
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acer
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2183 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
A. abchasicum · A. acinatum · A. acuminatum · A. acutum · A. aequidentatum · A. aetnense · A. aff. caudatifolium · A. affine · A. aidzuense · A. albo-purpurascens · A. albopurpurascens · A. album · A. amaliae · A. amamiense · A. ambiguum · A. amboyense · A. amoenum · A. amplum · A. amplum var. jianshuiense · A. angustilobium · A. angustilobum · A. anhweiense · A. 'Apollo' · A. arcticum · A. argutum · A. arietimum · A. articum · A. assyriacum · A. atheniense · A. atropurpureum · A. auritum · A. australe · A. austriacum · A. barbatum (Southern Sugar Maple) · A. barbatum schneckii · A. barbatum var. caddo (Caddo Southern Sugar Maple) · A. barbatum var. nigrum · A. barbatum var. rugelii · A. barbatum var. sinuosum · A. barbinerve (Red-Twig Korean Maple) · A. barbinerve var. chanbaischanense · A. bedoi · A. bendirei · A. bernardinum · A. betulifolium · A. bicolor · A. bicolor var. serratifolium · A. bodinieri · A. bohemicum · A. bolanderi · A. bornmuelleri · A. boscii · A. bosniacum · A. brachypterum · A. brachystephyanum · A. brevilobum · A. brevipes · A. buergeranium · A. buergeranum (Trident Maple) · A. buergerianum (Three-Toothed Maple) · A. buergerianum 'ABTIR' (Street Wise® Trident Maple) · A. buergerianum formosanum (Taiwan Trident Maple) · A. buergerianum 'Goshiki-kaede' · A. buergerianum 'Goshiki-kosode' · A. buergerianum 'Integrifolium' · A. buergerianum 'Koshi-miyasama' · A. buergerianum 'Kyuden' · A. buergerianum 'Mino-yatsubusa' · A. buergerianum 'Mino Yatsubusa' (Three-Toothed Maple) · A. buergerianum 'Mitsubato-kaede' · A. buergerianum 'Miyasama-yatsubusa' · A. buergerianum 'Miyasama kaede yatsubusa' · A. buergerianum 'Naruto' (Three-Toothed Maple) · A. buergerianum ningpoense · A. buergerianum 'Shirley Debacq' · A. buergerianum 'Streetwise' (Trident Maple) · A. buergerianum 'Subintegrum' · A. buergerianum 'Tancho' (Three-Toothed Maple) · A. buergerianum var. jiujiangense · A. buergerianum var. ningpoense · A. buergerianum 'Variegatum' · A. buzimpala · A. cadevalli · A. caesium · A. caesium caesium (Indian Maple) · A. caesium giraldii · A. calcaratum · A. californicum · A. californicum var. texanum · A. caloneurum · A. camadense · A. campbellii · A. campbellii flabellatum · A. campbellii flabellatum var. yunnanense · A. campbellii sinense (Campbell Maple) · A. campbellii subsp. chekiangense · A. campbellii subsp. flabellatum · A. campbellii subsp. sinense · A. campbellii subsp. wilsonii · A. campbellii wilsonii
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 14, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 14, 2007:
- National Institute of Genetics, ROIS, Herbarium Specimens of Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo Pref., Japan
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5820372
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14838194
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:781417-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 781416-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 644225
