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Acer truncatum |
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Purpleblow Maple, Shantung Maple |
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4 to 8 |
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Northern
China |
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Small, round head tree with regular branching habit. |
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20 t0 25 feet - Slow growing. |
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Greenish yellow
about 1/3 to 1/2 inch diameter on slender stalks
and 3 inch long corymbs in May. |
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Yellow to orange or
red - excellent. |
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Moderate, lustrous
reddish brown, glabrous, slightly lenticelled,
leaf scars meet at a point like Norway. |
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Samaras about 1.25
to 1.5 inches long forming an angle of about 90
degrees. |
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‘Norwegian Sunset’ (‘Keithsform’)-An upright oval
outline with good branch structure and uniform canopy
structure, glossy dark green foliage turns orange-red to
red in fall, good heat and drought
tolerance.
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'Pacific Sunset’ (‘Warrenred’)-An upright spreading,
rounded crown form with finer branch structure than ‘Norwegian Sunset’, very glossy dark green summer
foliage colors, bright red in fall.
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Acer truncatum
subsp. mono
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