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Trident Maple🍁
Acer buergerianum
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A deciduous tall tree native to China, widely planted in Japan as a street and park tree. Distinguished by its 3-lobed (trident-shaped) leaves, making it easy to tell apart from other maples. Turns orange to red in autumn; bark is grayish-brown and peels slightly in scales.
Identification Points
- ✓Leaves are 3-lobed (lobed only at the tip, base is rounded)
- ✓Lobe tips are relatively blunt
- ✓Samara wings are nearly parallel to acute-angled
- ✓Often planted in rows as a street tree
Habitat
Streets, parks (planted)
Season
April (flowers); November (autumn foliage)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Compound
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf dissection
Dissected
Leaf shape
Ovate
Growth form
Tree
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Petal count
5 petals
Petal fusion
Free
Habitat
Roadside
Ovary position
Superior
Phylogenetic Positionムクロジ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Sapindales > Sapindaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous to Paleogene
Sources & References
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