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Snakebark Maple
Snakebark maples are maples belonging to the taxonomic section ''Acer'' sect. ''Macrantha''. The section includes 18–21 species, and is restricted to eastern Asia (the eastern Himalaya east to Japan) with the exception of one species in eastern North America.Flora of China (draft)Aceraceae/ref>Maple Worldvan Gelderen, C. J. & van Gelderen, D. M. (1999). ''Maples for Gardens: A Color Encyclopedia''.Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins . The various species of snakebark maples are most easily distinguished from other maples by their distinctive bark, smooth (at least on young trees), and usually patterned with vertical dark green to greenish-brown stripes alternating with stripes of light green, pinkish or white, sometimes with a bluish tone. Other characters include stalked buds with just one pair of scales, and flowers on arching to pendulous racemes. The samaras are small, and often numerous. They are small deciduous trees, typically 5–15 m tall, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acer Capillipes
''Acer capillipes'' (Kyushu maple or red snakebark maple; ja, ホソエカエデ, translit=hosoekaede), is a maple in the same taxonomic section as other snakebark maples such as '' A. pensylvanicum'', '' A. davidii'' and '' A. rufinerve''. It is native to mountainous regions in Japan, on central and southern Honshū ( Fukushima Prefecture southwards), Kyūshū and Shikoku islands, usually growing alongside mountain streams.Kanagawa Prefecture trees and shrubs''Acer capillipes'' (in Japanese2009-10-24.Flowers of University of Tsukuba(in Japanese Characteristics It is a small deciduous tree growing to 10–15 m (rarely to 20 m) tall with a trunk up to 70 cm diameter, though usually smaller and often with multiple trunks, and a spreading crown of long, slender branches. The bark is smooth, olive-green with regular narrow vertical white stripes and small horizontal brownish lenticels; it retains its pattern to the base even on old trees. The leaves are 10–15 cm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acer Davidii
''Acer davidii'', or Père David's maple, is a species of maple in the snakebark maple group. It is native to China, from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong, and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan.Flora of China (draft)Aceraceae/ref> The tree was originally discovered by a Chinese person lost to history but a French priest Armand David who was in Central China as a missionary took the credit. It was re-discovered by Charles Maries during his visit to Jiangsu in 1878. It is a small deciduous tree growing to 10–15 m tall with a trunk up to 40 cm in diameter, though usually smaller and often with multiple trunks, and a spreading crown of long, arching branches. The bark is smooth, olive-green with regular narrow pale vertical stripes on young trees, eventually becoming dull grey-brown at the base of old trees. The leaves are 6–18 cm long and 4–9 cm broad, with a petiole 3–6 cm long; they are dark green above, paler below, ovate, unlobed or weakly t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acer Tegmentosum
''Acer tegmentosum'', the Manchurian striped maple, is a species of deciduous tree in the maple genus, which is native to the southern part of the Russian Far East (along the Amur and Ussuri rivers in Primorsky Krai), northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), and Korea. ''Acer tegmentosum'' is cold-hardy down to USDA hardiness zone 5a (-29 °C). At maturity (20-plus years) it can reach a height of and a spread of , with greenish-grey bark with bright white stripes. Leaves are simple, each up to 12 cm across, round in general outline but with 3 shallow lobes (sometimes with two small additional lobes near the base), and doubly toothed edges. The green leaves turn bright yellow before falling in autumn. Pendulous racemes of yellow-green flowers 7–10 cm long give way to samaras that are 1.1-1.3 cm long. In cultivation in the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acer Tschonoskii
''Acer tschonoskii'' (in Japanese ''ミネカエデ'', ''Mine-kaede'', literally "''ridge maple''"), the butterfly maple or Tschonoski's maple, is a species of shrub or small tree native to Japan and the Kuril Islands. It is one of the least invasive, easiest to grow, and hardiest species of maples, but remains rarely used in gardens. ''A''. ''tschonoskii'' naturally grows in subalpine habitats, at elevations between . ''A''. ''tschonoskii'' var. ''australe'', (in Japanese ナンゴク''ミネカエデ'', ''Nangoku-mine-kaede'', literally "''southern Tschonoski's maple"''), a variety of ''A''. ''tschonoskii'', is distributed from Iwate Prefecture southward to Shikoku and Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surroun .... References tschonoskii Plants described in 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acer Sikkimense
''Acer sikkimense'' is a rare Asian species of maple. It is native to the Himalayas and nearby mountains in Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal, northern India, Myanmar, Tibet, and Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is .... ''Acer sikkimense'' is a deciduous tree up to 20 meters tall with dark gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, up to 14 cm wide and 8 cm across, thin and papery, with no lobes, but sometimes with small teeth along the edges. References External linksline drawing for Flora of Chinadrawings 3 + 4 at lower left sikkimense Plants described in 1867 Trees of the Indian subcontinent Trees of Myanmar Flora of Tibet Trees of Vietnam Flora of Yunnan Taxa named by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel {{Sapindales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acer Rufinerve
''Acer rufinerve'', the grey-budded snake-bark-maple, redvein maple or Honshū maple (Japanese: ウリハダカエデ ''urihadakaede'', "melon-skin maple"), is a species of tree in the snakebark maple group, related to ''Acer capillipes'' (Kyushu maple). It is native to mountain forests of Japan, on Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku.Kobe city''Acer rufinerve'' (in JapaneseKanagawa Prefecture trees and shrubs (in Japanese2009-10-24.van Gelderen, C. J. & van Gelderen, D. M. (1999). Maples for Gardens: A Color Encyclopedia The Latin and English names ''rufinerve'' and "redvein" refer to the reddish down on the veins. The Japanese name ''urihadakaede'' (melon-skin) refers to the bark pattern.Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins . Description It is a small deciduous tree growing to a height of 8–15 m, with a trunk up to 40 cm diameter. The bark on young trees is smooth, olive-green with regular narrow vertical pale green to greyish stripes and small gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acer Pensylvanicum
''Acer pensylvanicum'', known as the striped maple, moosewood, moose maple or goosefoot maple, is a small North American species of maple. The striped maple is a sequential hermaphrodite, meaning that it can change its sex throughout its lifetime. Description The striped maple is a small deciduous tree growing to tall, with a trunk up to in diameter. The shape of the tree is broadly columnar, with a short, forked trunk that divides into arching branches which create an uneven, flat-topped crown. The young bark is striped with green and white, and when a little older, brown. The leaves are broad and soft, long and broad, with three shallow forward-pointing lobes. The fruit is a samara; the seeds are about long and broad, with a wing angle of 145° and a conspicuously veined pedicel. The bloom period for Acer pensylvanicum is around late spring. The spelling ''pensylvanicum'' is the one originally used by Linnaeus. Small, finger-diameter sections of branches can be used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acer Pectinatum
''Acer pectinatum'' is an Asian species of maple that is native to the Himalayas and nearby mountains in southwestern China, Myanmar, and the northeastern part of the Indian Subcontinent. It is a spreading deciduous tree up to tall in the wild, with brown bark. The leaves are non-compound, leathery, up to 10 cm wide and 8 cm across, toothless, usually with 5 lobes but sometimes 3, the lobes toothed along the edges. The leaves of mature trees turn brilliant shades of yellow and orange before falling off in autumn. Subspecies * ''Acer pectinatum'' subsp. ''forrestii'' (Diels) A.E.Murray - Sichuan, Yunnan * ''Acer pectinatum'' subsp. ''laxiflorum'' (Pax) A.E.Murray - Sichuan, Yunnan * ''Acer pectinatum'' subsp. ''maximowiczii'' (Pax) A.E.Murray - see ''Acer maximowiczii'' * ''Acer pectinatum'' subsp. ''pectinatum'' - Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Nepal * ''Acer pectinatum'' subsp. ''taronense'' (Hub.-Mor.) A.E.Murray - Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acer Morrisonense
''Acer morrisonense'' is an Asian species of maple found only in the mixed forests of eastern and southern Taiwan, at elevations of 1800 – 2200 m. The species is sometimes confused with another Taiwanese tree, ''Acer caudatifolium''.Zhengyi, W., Raven, P., & Deyuan, H., (Eds.) (2008) ''Flora of China'', Vol. 11, p.539, 542/ref> Description ''Acer morrisonense'' is a tree growing to 20 m tall, with a smooth, yellowish-grey bark. The branchlets are glabrous, bearing deciduous leaves with petiole (botany), petioles 5–7 cm non-compound, the leaf blade suborbicular-ovate, 8-10 × 6-8 cm, papery, adaxially glabrous, 5-veined at the base which is nearly truncate or subcordate, the margin doubly serrate with coarse acute teeth, shallowly 5-lobed, to 1/5 width of blade. The distinctive middle lobe is shortly ovate, the apex acuminate. The flowers are racemose A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acer Morifolium
Acer may refer to: * ''Acer'' (plant), the genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples * Acer Inc., a computer company in Taiwan ** Acer Laboratories Incorporated, a subsidiary company of Acer, Inc., that designs and manufactures integrated circuits * David Acer (born 1970), stand-up comedian and Canadian close-up magician *An Acer is an avid fan devoted to the original members of '90s Swedish Pop group Ace of Base Acronyms * Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), an agency of the European Union * Armored Combat Engineer Robot (ACER), a military robot created by Mesa Robotics * Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), research organization based in Camberwell, Victoria * ACEr, used to identify a member of the American Coaster Enthusiasts See also *ACerS, the American Ceramic Society *Acre (other) *Jude Acers Jude Frazier Acers (born April 6, 1944 in Long Beach, California) is a chess master, showman ( simultaneous exhibitor), and che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acer Micranthum
''Acer micranthum'', the small-leaved maple, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae in the snakebark maple group, native to Japan, on Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku. Its Japanese name is the .Kobe city''Acer micranthum'' (in JapaneseKanagawa Prefecture trees and shrubs (in Japanese2009-10-24.Okayama science university(in JapaneseKanon tree book(in JapaneseMaple WorldMaple World It is a small, sometimes shrubby tree growing tall, with slender, arching branches. The bark is smooth and striped at first, becoming rough and dull grey on mature trees. The shoots and winter buds are dark purple-red. The leaves are 4–10 cm long and 2–8 cm broad, palmately lobed, with five deeply toothed lobes with long acuminate tips and double-serrated margins, and with distinctive tufts of orange-red hairs in the main vein axils at the base of the leaf; the petiole is 2–5 cm long. The leaves emerge red in spring and turn shades of yellow, orange and red in autumn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acer Metcalfii
''Acer sikkimense'' is a rare Asian species of maple. It is native to the Himalayas and nearby mountains in Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal, northern India, Myanmar, Tibet, and Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is .... ''Acer sikkimense'' is a deciduous tree up to 20 meters tall with dark gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, up to 14 cm wide and 8 cm across, thin and papery, with no lobes, but sometimes with small teeth along the edges. References External linksline drawing for Flora of Chinadrawings 3 + 4 at lower left sikkimense Plants described in 1867 Trees of the Indian subcontinent Trees of Myanmar Flora of Tibet Trees of Vietnam Flora of Yunnan Taxa named by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel {{Sapindales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
