Balkan Maple
Acer heldreichii
Sapindaceae
Other names
Greek Maple
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
N. Greece, Mnts. of Yugoslavia, Albania, and Bulgaria
Location
Jackson Grove, Palmer-Kinne Dogwood Collection, Hillside Garden
Source of plant
Lou Anella
Description
A rather large tree reaching 15 m or more with smooth bark and gray-brown glabrous stems and shoots. Leaves 3-5-lobed, 8-15 cm long and wide, deeply divided almost to the bases, thin-textured, the uppersides shining dark green, the undersides paler, the margins coarsely toothed, turning golden yellow in fall. Flowers yellow, held in large, erect terminal corymbs at the end of May. Samaras 3-5 cm, obtuse-angled. Closely related to A. pseudoplatanus and hybridizes readily with it.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5