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Acer argutum, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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#1871 most planted

Acer argutum

Pointed-leaf maple · also Deep-veined maple

Deciduous
15
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
4
cities
8.5 in
median trunk (22 cm, 10 measured)
7.5 yr
median age (33% have a planting date)

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Acer argutum, also known as pointed-leaf maple, is a deciduous flowering tree native to Japan. It exhibits an upright growth habit and can grow up to 10 meters tall.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Vancouver · Canada
    7—18 in
  2. Copenhagen · Denmark
    5——
  3. Boston · United States
    2—8.5 in
  4. Helsinki · Finland
    1—2.0 in

No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.

Traits

Foliage
Deciduous
Mature height
32.8 ft

Trunk diameters across every city: median 8.5 in, mean 12 in, 90th percentile 24 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • Nihonkai montane deciduous forests
  • Taiheiyo montane deciduous forests

Temperate Conifer Forests

  • Honshu alpine conifer forests

Other Acer in the catalogue

50 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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