| Scientific Name: | Acer rubrum 'Bowhall' |
| Common Name: | Bowhall maple |
| Family Name: | Sapindaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, Garden origin, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Fastigiate, Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Columnar, Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Fall interest, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Street (boulevard tree) |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Palmate venation, Lustrous, Obovate, Orbicular, Dentate, Pinnately lobed, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Corymb, Red, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Samara, Schizocarp, Red, May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Form narrow, oval; leaves opposite, mid-green with lighter undersides, blades obovate-orbicular, most 7-13cm wide, with 3 major acute-tipped lobes, margins serrate, bases truncate to cordate, petioles up to 20cm long; flowers female, orangish-red, appear before the leaves; schizocarps red, 1.3-1.8cm wide, thick edge of wings at 90-100 degree angle when mature (narrower than Norway maple), samaras 1.5-2cm long. Winter ID: bark greyish twigs brownish, buds red, glabrous, terminal buds multiple, most <4mm long; lateral buds, opposite, oval, 2-3mm long. | |