Amur Maple

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)--
  • leaves similar to Amur maple, except side lobes less pronounced on Tatarian maple
  • similar growth habit-- multi-trunked tree or large shrub-- but can grow to 25' tall & wide with age
  • similar growth requirements to that of Amur Maple