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Acer griseum |
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Paperbark Maple, Cherry Bark
Maple |
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Western
China |
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Upright, open, finely branched,
with a rounded head. |
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20-30 feet tall with a spread
of 15-25 feet |
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Flowers are
monoecious, greenish, bone in a cyme, few in number, not important. |
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Leaves are opposite,
trifoliolate, 3-6 inches long, with the middle
leaflet short stalked, coarsely toothed, with a
pubescent petiole. |
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Fall color is russet, bronze,
to red. |
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⅛ inches long,
brownish-black, apex pointed, margin of scales
pubescent. |
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Bark is exfoliating, a
beautiful cinnamon to red-brown in color,
outstanding. Stems are slender, pubescent at
first, developing the thin, papery,
cinnamon-brown exfoliation on 2-3 year old
stems. |
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Fruit is a samara, not
ornamentally important, rarely viable. |
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