Object Details
- Description
- Sometimes called the Coral Bark Maple, this Japanese Maple is distinctive for its pink-red bark, from which it gets its name (“Sango kaku” refers to forming the shape of coral). Its bark color is most noticeable in the winter and on young branches. The 5-7 lobed, deeply cut leaves of this tree come in yellow-green in the spring, turn green in the summer, and become a vibrant yellow in the fall.
- Hardiness
- -20 - 20 F
- Provenance
- Uncertain
- Accession Number
- 2011-0423A
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Life Form
- Deciduous tree
- Average Height
- 20-25'
- Bark Characteristics
- Mature, grey; new, bright red to pink
- Fall Color
- Vivid yellow
- Foliage Characteristics
- Opposite, simple, palmate, 5 to 7 lobes; 2" long; yellow in spring, green in summer, yellow in fall
- Fruit Characteristics
- Samaras ripen in late summer to fall
- Structure
- Rounded
- Range
- Cultivated
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection
- On Display
- Ripley Gardens
- Common Name
- Coral Bark Japanese Maple
- Japanese Maple
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Rosanae
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Acer
- Species
- palmatum
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Trees
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2011-0423A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax712241200-fbbb-411a-9c72-cda0ce331126
