Scientific Name:
Acer tataricum
ssp.
ginnala
Pronunciation:
AY-sur tuh-TAR-ih-kum
Common Name:
Amur maple, Tatarian maple
Family Name:
Sapindaceae
Plant Type:
Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:
Leaves opposite, glossy, pinnate venation (rare for maples), most with 3 or 5 lobes with teeth lobes variable but largest two are towards the base), ovate 5-8cm long x 3-5cm wide; flowers in corymb-like cymes, rounded, geenish-yellow to cream, about 4mm wide; schizocarps 2-3cm wide, thick margin of wings at 20-50 degree angle, samaras 2-2.5cm long. Winter ID: twigs rounded brown with prominent lenticels; no terminal bud, axillary buds opposite, 2-3mm long at twig ends to just 0.5mm long further back, red.
Habit:
Arching, Upright
Form:
Round
Texture:
Medium
Mature Height:
3 - 5m
Mature Spread:
4 - 5m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
Europe
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Container planting, Fall interest, Specimen plant
Additional Info:
Google. Cultivars shown or on campus may include A. 'Flame' (has irregular shape formed by slender spreading branches and delicate light green leaves accented by large clusters of salmon-pink samaras).
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple, Lobed
Arrangement:
Opposite
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible, Pinnate venation
Surfaces:
Lustrous
Colour in Fall:
Red
Shapes:
Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Hastate, Rounded
Margins:
Dentate, Pinnately lobed, Serrate
Additional Info:
Spectacular fall colour, Leaves of subspecies ginnala are more glossy and deeply lobed than the species.
Inflorescence Type:
Cyme, Corymb-like
Flower Morphology:
Monoecious plant
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Campanulate
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, White, Green-yellow
Flower Time at Peak:
May
Fruit Type:
Samara, Schizocarp
Fruit Colour:
Pink, Red, Brown
Fruiting Time:
Sep, Oct
Additional Info:
Showy, Persistent, Schizocarps may split into samara-like mericarps while still on tree
Bark Morphology:
Smooth, Lightly fissured
Bark or Stem Colour:
Red, Brown
Leaf Bud Type:
Ovoid
Leaf Scar Shape:
Crescent shaped
Propagation:
Seed, Cuttings
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
(Drought tolerant)
Course(s):
- Level 4 Apprenticeship
Location(s):
- (BCE) Boulevard (Circular) Eastend : cv. Flame and species
- (BKW) Boulevard Kwantlen Way : q.2 - cvs. Flame and ?
- (CGW) Community Garden West
- (LTW) Langley Township Walk : 238St & 68Ave
- (NRY) NuRserY
- (OSS) Overpass planting South Side
- (TFL) Turf Field Lab
- (TFLN) Turf Field Lab North