Grey-budded Snakebark Maple - Keele University
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Keele University Arboretum

Grey-budded Snake-bark Maple  Acer rufinerve

Maple-Grey budded snakebark leaf Origin: introduced from Japan in 1879, it a member of the Snake-bark group of maples, so-called for the coloured striations on the bark. It is frequently planted in large gardens.

Maple-Grey budded snakebark bark The bark is greenish with pale grey or sometimes pink stripes. With age it also aquires diamond-shaped markings, as shown in the picture.

The leaf is three-lobed, often broader than long. It is variable in size and degree of lobing. The petiole (stalk) is green which distinguishes it from the similar Red Snake-bark Maple Acer capillipes in which they are red.

The fruits are small, 1-2cm across and joined at an obtuse angle.

At Keele : one tree by the path on the field side of Barnes Dell; square P14; compartment 12a.

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