Acer truncatum
Shantung maple · also Shandong maple, Purpleblow maple, Manchurian paint maple
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A medium-sized deciduous tree native to China and Korea, featuring a broad, rounded crown and distinctive five-lobed leaves. It produces yellow-green flowers in early spring and is noted for its drought and heat resistance, making it suitable as a small lawn shade tree.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 2,0491.1%—5.7 in
- 3360.11%—3.0 in
- 1570.45%—2.0 in
- 790.04%9.7 yr5.4 in
- 790.01%—3.1 in
- 670.06%—2.0 in
- 610.01%—5.0 in
- 490.01%3.8 yr2.6 in
- 180.11%—4.5 in
- 60.00%11 yr6.5 in
- 50.01%2.8 yr—
- 40.00%—3.8 in
- 40.00%——
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 20–30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20–30 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 4.0 in, mean 5.9 in, 90th percentile 12 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
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
Other Acer in the catalogue
50 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
