platanoides), a handsome, dense, round-headed tree, has spectacular greenish-yellow flower clusters in early spring many cultivated varieties are available with unusual leaf colour (red, maroon, bronze, or purple) and growth form (columnar, globular, or pyramidal). The ash-leaved maple, or box elder, is a fast-growing tree of limited landscape use. griseum) have tripartite leaves and attractive peeling bark, in the former tannish and in the latter copper brown. miyabei) provide golden-yellow fall colour. grandidentatum) some believe it to be a subspecies of sugar maple, a Rocky Mountain tree, often multistemmed, displaying pink to red fall foliage. Medium-sized maples, often more than 9 metres (30 feet) tall, include the big-toothed maple ( A. sieboldianum) has seven- to nine-lobed leaves that turn red in fall. circinatum), of wide-spreading, shrubby habit, has purple and white spring flowers and brilliant fall foliage. palmatum), developed over centuries of breeding, provides numerous attractive cultivated varieties with varying leaf shapes and colours, many useful in small gardens. ginnala) are useful in screens or hedges both have spectacular foliage in fall, the former yellow and the latter pink to scarlet. campestre) and Amur, or ginnala, maple ( A. Many maples have lobed leaves, but a few have leaves separated into leaflets.Īmong the popular smaller maples the hedge, or field, maple ( A. The leaves are arranged oppositely on twigs. All maples bear pairs of winged seeds, called samaras or keys. Several yield maple syrup, and some provide valuable, dense hard wood for furniture and other uses. They offer a great variety of form, size, and foliage many display striking autumn colour. Maples constitute one of the most important groups of ornamentals for planting in lawns, along streets, and in parks. Maple, ( Acer), any of a large genus (about 200 species) of shrubs or trees in the family Sapindaceae, widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone but concentrated in China.
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