Manchurian Snakebark

Acer tegmentosum Sapindaceae

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived perennial

Native distribution

Russia, N.Korea, and Manchuria

Location

Newman Meadow, Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Forestfarm Nursery, Holden Arboretum, Peter Podaras

Description

Small tree or large shrub reaching 30' in height, sparsely branched, the branches purple to gray-green with whitish stripes on the glabrous bark. Leaves 3-5-lobed, hexagonal, the margins double serrate, fresh green. Flowers yellow-green, held in pendulous, terminal racemes, effective in April.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4