See also: Maple marbled, Maple with snakeskin

The maple marbled of red or Acer pensylvanicum ssp. capillipes (of the Latin “with Petiole S thread-like”) one of maple discovered in 1867 by Carl Johann Maximowicz (1827-1891) and is introduced in Europe in 1892. It belongs to the section Macrantha of the Classification of the maples.

Originating in Asia (mountainous forests of the Japan mainly), it is one of the most vigorous maple species, resistant cold and which do not require almost any particular maintenance.

This type of tree appreciates the wetlands, the drained and light grounds and a shaded exposure.

Its striated bark green and white characteristic classifies Acer capillipes in the category of the maples to snakeskin.

Its Feuille S with Pétiole S reds has three pointed lobes and can measure up to 15 cm length on 10 cm broad. Green in spring, they pass to the orange red in autumn.

The maple marbled of red can be confused with the maple marbled of gray (Acer pensylvanicum ssp. rufinerve) but this one is characterized by its branches Pruine ux which give him its gray dye clearly.

See too

• maple marbled