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Acer tschonoskii, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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Acer tschonoskii

Butterfly maple · also Tschonoski's maple, Korean snakebark maple

20
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
4
cities
5.5 in
median trunk (14 cm, 14 measured)
20 yr
median age (85% have a planting date)

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Acer tschonoskii is a shrub or small tree native to Japan and the Kuril Islands, typically found in subalpine habitats. It is recognized as one of the least invasive and hardiest maple species, though it is not commonly cultivated.

Where it grows

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

  1. New Westminster · Canada
    1420 yr5.5 in
  2. Boston · United States
    2—13 in
  3. Helsinki · Finland
    2—2.0 in
  4. Ottawa · Canada
    2——

Traits

Roots
Non-invasive

Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.5 in, mean 6.0 in, 90th percentile 10 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Other Acer in the catalogue

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

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