Family: Aceraceae
Scientific Name: Acer triflorum
Common Name: Three-Flowered Maple
| Description | A small Maple tree tolerant of shaded conditions. Has exfoliating bark. |
| Pronunciation | (AYE-cer)(try-FLOR-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | (4)5-9 |
| Sunlight | sun, part sun to shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | prefers moist to well drained, draught and clay tolerant, intolerant of compacted water logged soils |
| Flowers | greenish yellow, appear in clusters of three and are not showy |
| Fruit | small 1-1.25" samara occurring in threes. |
| Leaves | odd pinnately compound, trifoliate, green with orange, scarlet purple and gold fall color. Can develop good fall color in the shade. |
| Stems | warm red peeling bark |
| Dimensions | rounded, compact, small tree reaching 20 to 30 feet tall. |
| Native Site | Native to Northern China, Manchuria and Korea. |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced in 1923. |
| Notes & Reference | #1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, Erv Evans, NC State Web site |
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