Amur Maple

Acer ginnala

Aceraceae (Maple Family)

▲ young tree 

▲▼trees trained as a hedge 

▲ leaves 

▲▼ leaves and fruit 

▲ fruit 

▲▼ fall foliage color 

▲ tree in fall color 

Location on Missouri State University campus:  north side of Grand St., south of Parking Lot 4 (west of Plaster Stadium)

Acer ginnala: Amur Maple

·         leaves opposite, simple, deciduous, palmately 3-lobed; dark shiny green above and lighter green below; leaves 1.5-3" long and about 2/3 as wide; fall color often bright orange to red

·         stems slender, glabrous, gray-brown when young; gray, rough and striped on older branches

·         bark is gray brown, generally smooth, but with some furrows with age

·         prefers full sun to light shade and moist, well-drained soil, but tolerates most soil types

·         grows 15-25' tall and often wider in spreading top growth habit; often trained as multi-trunked tree; can be trimmed as a hedge

·         medium to slow growth rate; faster when young

·         similar to Acer tataricum (Tatarian Maple)—

    o   leaves similar to Amur maple, except side lobes less pronounced on Tatarian maple

    o   similar growth habit-- multi-trunked tree or large shrub--  but can grow to 25' tall & wide with age

    o   similar growth requirements to that of Amur Maple