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Acer tschonoskii
Also called Korean Snakebark Maple, Butterfly Maple
Tschonoski's maple (Acer tschonoskii) is a shrub or small tree from Japan and the Kuril Islands, grown for its hardiness and ease of care. It is rarely planted in gardens, and it does best in cool climates with moist, well-drained soil.
Acer tschonoskii (in Japanese ミネカエデ, Mine-kaede, lit. 'ridge maple'), the butterfly maple or Tschonoski's maple, is a species of shrub or small tree native to Japan and the Kuril Islands. It is one of the least invasive, easiest to grow, and hardiest species of maples, but remains rarely used in gardens. A. tschonoskii naturally grows in subalpine habitats, at elevations between 1,400–2,500 m (4,600–8,200 ft). A. tschonoskii var. australe, (in Japanese ナンゴクミネカエデ, Nangoku-mine-kaede, lit. 'southern Tschonoski's maple'), a variety of A. tschonoskii, is distributed from Iwate Prefecture southward to Shikoku and Kyushu.
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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.
