Definition and Description of the Japanese Maple
The biology of the Japanese Maple and its classification is as follows:Name of Tree: Japanese Maple.
Latin name of Japanese Maple: The Latin word for the Japanese Maple Tree is Acer palmatum.
Genus: Acer (a genus is a group of closely related species)
Kingdom: Plantae.
Species: Acer palmatum.
Colours: Leaves are bright green and in autumn change to a gorgeous red, orange or yellow colour.
Details: The Japanese Maple, can be a large shrub or small tree, the leaves are a bright green and are 5 or 7 lobed. The trees produce their best in well drained moist loam soil, and sheltered from cold winds. The Acer palmatum is a popular tree producing attractive leaves with intense autumn colour. Acer palmatum, or the Japanese maple is a species of plant that is native to Japan, Korea and China. Many cultivars have been grown from the Acer palmatum, the majority of these grow into a large bush and some into a small tree. The autumn colours of the leaves are spectacular.
Geographic Location: Maple trees are generally found in east Asia, some are also found in Europe and north America.
Information and Facts about Maple Trees
- Maple, a tree of the genus Acer, of which there are more than 120 species.
- Acer saccharum, is the sugar maple, this tree is one of the finest autumn-colouring trees in America. The autumn colour varies from crimson, gold, orange and scarlet. The sap from the sugar maple is used to make maple syrup.
- The red maple is Acer rubrum. The red maple can grow into a large tree. In the autumn the leaves turn a rich red and scarlet. A Canadian maple of the greatest beauty.
- The silver maple, Acer saccharinum, is a large fast growing tree. The leaves are silvery-white underneath and when the wind blows the tree sparkles.
- The crimson king maple tree or Acer platanoides is an attractive large maple. The leaves turn a deep crimson-purple and the flowers are deep yellow.
- The common maple of Europe is Acer campestre, the sycamore maple is Acer Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is Acer platanoides.
- Maple honey, Maple molasses, or Maple syrup is maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
- Maple sugar is sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.
- The maple tree flowers are small but are quite attractive.
- Acer's are hardy trees.
Trees - Japanese Maple
A tree, such as a Japanese Maple, is defined as any perennial woody plant of considerable size, (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.
The parts of a tree are the roots, the trunk, the branch, the twig and the leaf. Different types of trees display various growth forms, leaf type and shape, bark characteristics.
It is estimated that there are over 100,000 tree species. A genus is a group of closely related species.
The Latin word for the Japanese Maple is Acer palmatum.
