Acer ginnala

Fire - Maple ( Acer tataricum subsp. Ginnala ), leaves

The Fire Maple or Amur maple ( Acer tataricum subsp. Ginnala ) is a subspecies of the plant species Tatar steppes maple ( Acer tataricum ) from the kind of maples ( Acer) in the family of Soapberry ( Sapindaceae ). In temperate latitudes, it is used as an ornamental plant in parks and gardens.

Dissemination

The Fire - Maple is native to northern China and Mittlerer, Manchuria, Japan and Korea.

Description

When fire - maple is a small growing tree or shrub that rarely to 15 meters reaches a height of 3 to 5 feet. It grows loosely upright with spreading main branches and usually thinner branches. Often it grows more stocky. The bark of the branches are sonnenseits reddish brown, and from the second year it is light brown and gray later.

The leaves appear in spring bright yellow, often red in summer. The against-constant leaves are divided into petiole and leaf blade. The leaf blade is 6 to 10 inches long, 4-6 cm, broadly elliptic -oblong and three to five lobes. The middle lobe is the longest; the cloth edges are serrated. The leaf surfaces are shiny dark green, the light green undersides. The autumn color is bright red and starts early on.

The approximately 6 cm wide, bare, upright, schirmtraubige inflorescence contains about 50 flowers. The white- yellow flowers smell.

The nut fruit is a total of 2.5 to 3 cm long with the bald, translucent wings. They relate to each other at an acute angle to parallel.