Habitat

• native to Central China
• zone 5

Habit and Form

• small to medium sized tree, 20 to 50' tall
• deciduous
• typically multistemmed, slightly spreading
• medium to fine texture

Summer Foliage

• opposite, 3" to 7" long and 1.5" to 4" wide
• simple, ovate, with acuminate tip and rounded base
• normally unlobed, but can have small basal lobes
• dark green
• early to leaf out in spring
• petiole can be up to 2" long

Autumn Foliage

• typically yellow tinged with purple

Flowers

• yellow, racemes 1.5 to 2.5" long
• not especially showy

Fruit

• samaras 1.25" long
• wings 0.25" wide
• almost horizontal spread

Bark

• bark is green with a purplish-red highlights and striped with white

Culture

• easily transplanted
• full sun or partial shade
• prefers acidic, moist soils
• does best in regions with cool, mild climates

Landscape Uses

• small specimen
• hedges or screens
• groupings or mini-groves

Liabilities

• relatively trouble-free
• hard to locate plants to buy

ID Features

• opposite leaves
• unlobed leaf shape distinctive for a maple
• white stripped bark
• new leaves covered in red down

Propagation

• by seed

Cultivars/Varieties

• none of importance