Birch-Leaved Maple

Acer stachyophyllum ssp. betulifolium Sapindaceae

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

China

Location

Conifer Slope

Source of plant

Arborvillage Farm Nursery, Peter Podaras

Description

Small, erect tree that suckers freely once established; branches brownish yellow to orange-brown. Foliage much smaller than the type, ovate, the margins incised to lobulate, glaucous beneath, pubescent in the petiole axils. Flowers yellowish, held in terminal racemes.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5