Tree 8: Paper Bark Maple: Acer griseum

Acer griseum
Paperbark Maple
Aceraceae


This is a paperbark maple on the ground of the Biddle family estate at Andalusia, Pennsylvania.\
http://www.andalusiapa.org/

 More information from the University of Connecticut plant database:
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/a/acegri/acegri1.html

Habitat

• native to China
• zone 4

Habit and Form

• to 30' tall, small tree
• deciduous
• shape is oval, upright or irregular
• short main trunk with several secondary, more or less upright scaffold trunks
• texture is fine to medium
• slow growing