Henry Maple

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Central China

Location

Cornell Class of 1923 Flowering Tree Collection, Newman Meadow, Cornell Class of 1938 Native Maple Slope

Source of plant

Arborvillage Farm Nursery, Peter Podaras

Description

Small tree or large shrub reaching 30' in height and width; young shoots hairy and green, becoming smooth and olive-green when mature. Leaves trifoliate, leaflets elliptical, often basally oblique, the laterals often nearly sessile to subsessile; fall color an excellent yellow and red. Flowers almost white, dioecious, sessile, borne on slender, hairy spikes produced before the leaves, the petals shed very earlyduring anthesis.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5