Sunday, September 14, 2008

Acer mandshuricum

Acer mandshuricum , is a species of maple native to China , Korea and Russia .

It is a slender deciduous tree that reaches a height of up to 30 m tall but is usually smaller. It is a trifoliate maple related to such other species as and Paperbark Maple but has smooth, gray bark dissimilar to the of either..

Cultivation


The species was first introduced to cultivation in 1904, when trees were planted at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in Britain.

In the United States, mature specimens can be seen at Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, including one 70 year old specimen that has reached a size of approximately 13 m tall and 8 m wide. In Canada, the in Hamilton, Ontario have three Manchurian maples each about 10 m tall.

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