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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; florets 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, up 4mm long; lateral buds, opposite, oval, 2-3mm long. |