Snakebark Maple

Description

Tree or large shrub, often multiple-stemmed, reaching 12 m in height; leaves 3- to 5-lobed, often appearing unlobed, red when unfolding, maturing to green, 6-12 cm long and almost as wide, veins and petioles usually red. Flowers greenish-white, pendant, held in slender, 6-12 cm long racemes, the male and female flowers usually appearing on different branches. Bark distinctive with white stripes on a reddish surface, fading to white on green on older trees. Fall color crimson or dark red, occasionally orange.