1. BOTANICAL NAME
Acer palmatum

2. PRONUNCIATION
AY - ser pal - MAY - tum

3. COMMON NAME
Japanese Maple

5. FAMILY
Aceraceae

6. CLASSIFICATION
Tree

7. ARRANGEMENT
Opposite

9. COMPOSITION
Simple

10. MARGIN
Serrated

11. VEINS
Palmate

13. LEAF
Length 2” - 4”
Width 2” - 5”

14. PLANT
Deciduous
Height 3’ - 20’
Width 10’ - 15’
Upright/spreading

15. TEXTURE
Fine
Medium

17. FLOWER
Summer (May - June)
Small cluster; purple

18. FRUIT
Fall
1/2” samara

20. EXPOSURE
Part shade

21. GROWTH
Slow

22. USE
Specimen

24. DESCRIPTION Leaves are 5 - 9 lobed depending on variety
Sinuses reach more than half way to middle
Doubly serrated

25. DESCRIPTION Color of foliage green to red
Buds - small buds on end of stem - matched pair

27. DESCRIPTION ‘Burgandy Lace’ ‘Bloodgood’ ‘Oshio - Beni’
‘Dissectum Autropurpureum’
‘Palmatum’
‘Crimson Queen’

28. CULTURAL PRACTICES

29. PROBLEMS

30. ZONES
6 - 8

31. NATIVE OF:
Japan

32. REFERENCES Manual of Woody Landscape Plants
Guide to Garden Shrubs and Trees

34. REFERENCES
Carolina Landscape Plants
Japanese Maples

35. REFERENCES
Landscape Plants; Their Identification, Culture, and Use