| Scientific Name: | Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium' |
| Common Name: | fernleaf maple, full moon maple |
| Family Name: | Sapindaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open, Spreading, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Container planting, Fall interest, Shade tree, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Lustrous, Obovate, Orbicular, Ovate, Dentate, Incised, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Corymb, Purple, Red, Apr |
| Fruit: | Samara, Schizocarp, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, simple, most blades obovate, 7-13cm long x 6-12cm wide, deeply dissected to form 7-11 main oblanceolate lobes which are also lobed and toothed; schizocarps 3-4cm wide, thick edge of wings at 90-100 degree angle, each samara 4-5cm long. Winter ID: buds look like a moose hoof with hair around the base, ~1cm long. | |