| Scientific Name: | Acer griseum |
| Common Name: | paperbark maple |
| Family Name: | Sapindaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open, Spreading, Twiggy |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Fall interest, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Trifoliate (ternate), Obovate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Yellow, Green, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Samara, Schizocarp, Green-yellow, Brown, Jun-Jul, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Bark cinnamon (orange-red), papery, exfoliating; leaves opposite, trifoliate, leaflets mostly obovate with 3-5 pairs of rounded teeth or small lobes, most elliptic-obovate, 4-8cm long x 2-6cm wide, terminal petiolule <1cm long (side leaflets sessile), bright red fall colour; schizocarp wings; schizocarps 5-6cm wide, thick edge of wings at 70-90 degree angle, each samara 4-5cm long. Winter ID: exfoliating bark; buds conical, sharply pointed, dark purplish-brown to black, 5mm long. | |