Flowers:
Yellow (Yellow-green in spring; not ornamentally important)
Foliage:
Green (Dark green leaves); Orange (Yellow-orange fall foliage)
Soil:
Well-drained, medium-moist acidic soils
Range:
Japan, China, Korea, Mongolia, and Eastern Russia
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are opposite, simple, dark green at 3-6" wide and petioles reaching 2-4" in length, and with 5 to 7 lobes that each taper to a long and narrow apex. Terminal buds are 3/16-1/4" long with a luster to the deep purplish red color. A silky pubescence is found at the base of the bud. 2-3" long racemes bear the greenish yellow flowers in April and May. The samaras are 3/4-1 1/4". Habit is a vase-shape with the mature tree having a domed canopy.
