''Acer'' × ''conspicuum'', called the snakebark maple (which is also the name for all of the members of its
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maple
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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>
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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 ...
'' (striped maple).
Cultivars
A number of cultivars are commercially available. Developed as ornamentals, they are planted for visual interest, particularly winter interest. They are known for the bright colors and striking variegation in their bark and leaves.
There is some doubt about the parentage of some of following cultivars:
* 'Candy Stripe'
* 'Elephant's Ear'
* 'Mozart'
* 'Phoenix'
* 'Red Flamingo'
* 'Silver Cardinal'
* 'Silver Ghost'
* 'Silver Vein'
References
conspicuum
Interspecific plant hybrids
Plant nothospecies
Ornamental plant cultivars
Ornamental trees
Plants described in 1994
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