Trident Maple
Acer buergerianum
Aceraceae (Maple Family)
▲ small tree
▲▼ three-lobed leaves
▲ bark
Location near Missouri State University campus: in 800 to 1000 blocks of South Kickapoo, two blocks east of MSU campus
Acer buergeranum:
Trident Maple
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leaves opposite, simple, deciduous, palmately 3-lobed; shiny dark green above;
glabrous when mature; 1.5 -3.5" long and as wide; often reddish fall color
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stems slender, gray-brown and pubescent when young; darker brown and glabrous
with age; solid greenish white pith
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bark is gray-brown-orange, somewhat exfoliating with platy scales
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grows 20-30' tall and wide in oval to rounded form
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prefers full sun and well-drained acid soil; very tolerant of dry soils once
established
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slow to medium growth rate--
slower with age
· similar to Acer truncatum (Shantung Maple), except Shantung Maple leaves have 5 lobes, instead of 3 as on Trident Maple