Ivy-Leaved Maple Acer cissifolium

• Attributes:

  Genus:

  Acer

  Species:

  cissifolium

  Family:

  Sapindaceae (formerly Aceraceae)

  Country Or Region Of Origin:

  Japan

  Dimensions:

  Height: 20 ft. 0 in. - 30 ft. 0 in.

  Width: 20 ft. 0 in. - 30 ft. 0 in.

• Whole Plant Traits:

  Plant Type:

  Tree

  Leaf Characteristics:

  Deciduous

  Habit/Form:

  Erect

  Oval

  Spreading

  Growth Rate:

  Slow

  Texture:

  Medium

• Cultural Conditions:

  Light:

  Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

  Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)

  Soil Drainage:

  Good Drainage

  Usda Plant Hardiness Zone:

  5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b

• Flowers:

  Flower Description:

  Non-showy

• Leaves:

  Leaf Characteristics:

  Deciduous

  Leaf Color:

  Gold/Yellow

  Green

  Deciduous Leaf Fall Color:

  Gold/Yellow

  Red/Burgundy

  Leaf Arrangement:

  Opposite

  Leaf Shape:

  Elliptical

  Obovate

  Ovate

  Hairs Present:

  No

  Leaf Length:

  1-3 inches

  Leaf Description:

  Leaves are 1.5 to 3 in., opposite, and trifoliate. They are olive green in summer and have a modest yellow, red fall color. 1 1/2" -3" long leaflet, obovate or ovate to elliptic, long acuminate, cuneate, medium green above, glabrous, whitish tufts in axils of veins below, Zelkova-like serrations.

• Bark:

  Bark Color:

  Dark Gray

  Light Gray

• Stem:

  Stem Color:

  Brown/Copper

  Gray/Silver

  Purple/Lavender

  Red/Burgundy

  Stem Is Aromatic:

  No

  Stem Surface:

  Hairy (pubescent)

  Stem Description:

  Slender, pubescent, reddish purple in first year turning to a gray brown in the second year. Buds are terminal: reddish-purple 3/16" long, valvate, pubescent, lower part of bud glabrous. laterals: similar, 1/2 as long, appressed.