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Acer erianthum

Acer erianthum
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0

Acer erianthum is a small to medium maple tree native to China, growing up to about 15 m tall with greenish-gray bark and thin, papery leaves. It is a wild tree of temperate Chinese forests and is rarely grown in gardens.

Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then as needed during dry spells.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam; tolerates a range of soils.
Temperature
Hardy to roughly -20 °C; best in cool temperate climates.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. China (to N. Guangxi)
Climate
temperate

About

Acer erianthum is an Asian species of maple. It has been found only in China (Gansu, Guangxi, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan).

Acer erianthum is a tree up to 15 meters tall with greenish-gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, thin and papery, usually with 5 long tapering lobes but occasionally 7.

Other Acer plants

Tapering Leaf Maple · Acer alaskense · Himalayan Maple · Acer amamiense · Broad Maple · Deep-veined Maple · Acer ashwilli · Bearded maple · Jalisco Maple · Acer brevipes · Acer browni · Trident maple

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acer erianthum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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