Horned Maple

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Japan

Location

Treman Woodland Walk

Source of plant

Morris Arboretum

Description

To 10m, round-headed. Branches pilose, ultimately glabrous. Leaves to 16cm wide, densely pilose above and beneath when young, sparsely pilose to glabrous with age, lobes 5, broad-ovate, short-acuminate, remotely serrate. Male infloresence a cluster, pendent; female inflorescence a raceme, few-flowered, pendent, appearing before the leaves, flowers yellow. Fruit wings to 4cm, parallel, almost connivent; nutlets thick bristled.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5