Bigtooth Maple

Other names

Canyon Maple, Rocky Mountain Sugar Maple

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Western MT & WY to Northern Mexico in the Mnts.

Location

Newman Meadow, Conifer Slope

Source of plant

Morton Arboretum, Rolston St. Hilaire, Forestfarm Nursery, Arborvillage Farm Nursery, Peter Podaras

Description

Small or shrubby, densely branched tree reaching 12m or less, the branches glabrous, reddish-brown. Leaves distinctly 5-lobed, 5-8cm across, lobulate, the margins entire or with 3 small basal lobes, shining green above, glaucous beneath, the fall color a striking combination of red, scarlet, yellow and orange. Flowers yellow, held on short pedicels in corymbose inflorescences.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3