Acer buergerianum
Trident Maple

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Yellow (Greenish yellow in spring; not ornamentally important)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Clear, dark, glossy foliage with distinctive texture in summer); Multi-Colored (Yellow, orange, to bright red in the late fall, but variable quality)
 Stem Notes:
Gray-brown (slender, pubescent, small lenticels)
 Fruit Notes:
Red (Not ornamentally important)
 Ultimate Height:
20-30 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
20-30 feet
 Bloom Times:
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Water Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Performs best in well-drained acid loam soils
 Range:
China and Japan
 Maintenance:
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves opposite, simple, 1.5-3.5" long and wide, rounded or wedge-shaped at base, 3 major veins, 3-lobed, lobes are triangular and point forward (resembles a duck foot), margin entire or slightly serrate, petiole about as long as the blade. Samaras (0.75-1" long) are parallel.

Additional Information

Needs training to develop single central leader (if that is desired). Popular street tree in Japan. Cold hardiness varies in seed produced stock. In some cases, fruit set is so high as to deplete foliage. Flaking bicolor bark in gray-brown and orange.

When Acer buergerianum has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

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13 Acer buergerianum found

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= Heritage plant = Memorial plant
Number Accession ID Location
1ORIG_4299*ATARK
2ORIG_4348*AWILY
3ORIG_4211*AOWEN
4ORIG_4215*AOWEN
5ORIG_4223*AOWEN
6ORIG_4172*AOWEN
7ORIG_4331*ATARK
8ORIG_2807*ASTEW
9ORIG_4328*ATARK
10ORIG_4178*AOWEN
11ORIG_4191*AOWEN
12ORIG_4292*ATARK
13ORIG_4273*ATARK

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