Acer buergeranum

• BOTANICAL NAME: Acer buergeranum
• PRONUNCIATION: A-ser ber-jar-A-num
• COMMON NAME: Trident Maple
• FAMILY: Aceraceae
• NATIVITY: China.
• GROWTH HABIT: Oval to rounded small tree up to 35' tall.
• HARDINESS: USDA Zones 5 - 9.
• OPTIMUM GROWING CONDITIONS: Sun to light shade. Prefers acid, well-drained soils and is tolerant of drought.
• LANDSCAPE VALUE: Good tree for small residential lots. Street tree. Deserves more use.
• FOLIAGE: Opposite, simple 1 1/2" - 3 1/2" across, 3 lobes, base rounded, margins entire or irregularly serrate. Glossy green in summer with red to orange, possibly yellow, late fall color.
• BUDS: Imbricately scaled, pointed rich brown buds. Terminals approximately 1/8" long.
• BARK: Sinuous trunk is covered with an orange-brown, exfoliating bark.
• Flower: Yellow color, 1/2" diameter, usually 3 together on drooping pedicels in May
• FRUIT: Samara, ¾ " - 1" long wings parallel.
• PROPAGATION: Seed, cuttings; cultivars are normally grafted.
• PESTS: None serious.