A deciduous maple tree from northeast Asia, grown for its striped snakebark trunk and yellow autumn colour. It is a hardy, fairly easy tree that suits cool temperate gardens and parks.
Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then as needed in dry spells; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam; tolerates a range of soil types.
Temperature
Hardy to USDA zone 5a (about -29 °C); protect young trees from late frosts.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
Russian Far East to Korea
Climate
temperate
About
Acer tegmentosum, the Manchurian striped maple, is a species of deciduous tree in the maple genus, which is native to the southern part of the Russian Far East (along the Amur and Ussuri rivers in Primorsky Krai), northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), and Korea.
Acer tegmentosum is cold-hardy down to USDA hardiness zone 5a (−29 °C). At maturity (20-plus years) it can reach a height of 10–15 metres (33–49 ft) and a spread of 8 metres (26 ft), with greenish-grey bark with bright white stripes. Leaves are simple, each up to 12 cm across, round in general outline but with 3 shallow lobes (sometimes with two small additional lobes near the base), and doubly toothed edges. The green leaves turn bright yellow before falling in autumn. Pendulous racemes of yellow-green flowers 7–10 cm long give way to samaras that are 1.1-1.3 cm long.
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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.