Chalk Maple

Other names

Chalk Bark Maple, White Bark Maple

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

NC to FL and AL

Location

Newman Meadow

Source of plant

Polly Hill Arboretum, Arborvillage Farm Nursery, Mail-Order Natives

Description

Shrub or small tree reaching 8 m in height; bark light gray or light brown, crown rounded, twigs thin and glabrous; leaves 3-lobed (occasionally 5-lobed), the lobes nearly trianglular and usually with two large teeth, the base nearly cordate or truncate, the upper side dark yellow-green, the underside lighter and whitish soft pubescent (important distinction); flowers yellow, few in short clusters, borne in April; fruit wings wide-spread; nutlets pubescent, becoming glabrous, 2 cm long.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5