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Acer hillsi

Acer hillsi is an extinct maple species known only from a single fossil samara (winged seed) found in Early Eocene rocks in northeast Washington and south central British Columbia. It is not a living plant, so there is nothing to grow or care for.

Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)

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Acer hillsi is an extinct maple species in the family Sapindaceae described from a single fossil samara. The species is solely known from the Early Eocene sediments exposed in northeast Washington state, United States and the adjacent area of south central British Columbia, Canada. It is one of only two species belonging to the extinct section Stewarta.

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 hillsi 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.

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