Three-Flowered Maple

Tagged as: Plants for Shady Sites, Four Season Landscape

Botanical Name:  Acer triflorum
Common Name:  Three-Flowered Maple or Shaggy-barked Maple

Updated 1/2012

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form	fall color	bark

Height:  20-25' Spread:  20-25' Habit/Form: Upright-spreading
Growth Rate:  Slow  Zone: 5-7

Cultural Requirements: Sun to shade; moist, well-drained soil; tolerant of a wide range of soil

Ornamental Characteristics: Exfoliating bark on young stems; bark on mature trees is golden-brown, not as showy as paperbark maple; dark green 3-leaved foliage turns a rich yellow and red to orange fall color; short, flowers in clusters of 3 give the plant its name

Use in the Landscape: Great specimen tree

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