Black Maple

Description

Large tree to 120' in height in the wild, usually much smaller in cultivation, the crown rounded, the branches at first pubescent, the branchlets orange-yellow. Leaves mostly 3-lobed, occasionally 5-lobed with the basal lobes less pronounced, 10-15 cm or more across; petioles with leaf-like stipules that can be very small or, rarely, absent. Flowers yellow-green; samaras subhortizontal, 3-4 cm long, the nutletsrounded. Bark very dark gray-blck, furrowed. Fall color golden-yellow.