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Trident Maple

Acer buergerianum · Sapindaceae · 중국단풍

How to spot it

Three-lobed leaves with forward-pointing lobes; the bark peels to reveal orange-brown inner bark.

Look

Leaves
Opposite simple leaves with three forward-pointing triangular lobes.
Flowers
Small greenish-yellow flowers bloom in spring.
Fruit
Samaras about 2.5 cm long hang in pairs.
Bark
On mature trees the gray bark flakes off to show orange-brown inner bark.

Where it grows

In Korea
Planted
Native to
Southern and eastern China and Taiwan.
Ecology
Recorded as tolerating wind, salt, drought, air pollution and compacted soil, and as relatively easy to transplant.

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