Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acer buergerianum
FAMILY
Aceraceae
COMMON NAME:
Trident Maple
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JK Marlow jkm190509_8289
May Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm190509_8290
May Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm190509_8291
May Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm160629_003
June Aiken County SC
In cultivation
Flowers [thus fruit] borne in downy umbel-like corymbs; fruit set oft heavy, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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JK Marlow jkm160629_004
June Aiken County SC
In cultivation
Samaras 3/4-1" long, the wings 1/4" wide, parallel or connivent, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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JK Marlow jkm160629_006
June Aiken County SC
In cultivation
Leaves a lustrous dark green, 3-lobed, lobes acute and pointing forward, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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JK Marlow jkm160629_006b
June Aiken County SC
In cultivation
Leaves 3-nerved at the base, rounded or broad-cuneate, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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JK Marlow jkm160629_007
June Aiken County SC
In cultivation
4022
Tree
Perennial
Non-native: China
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
Petioles roughly equal length of blade
FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
Flowers in umbel-like corymbs
FRUIT:
Fall
Schizocarp composed of two 1-seeded samaras
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