Trident Maple
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Trident Maple (Acer buergerianum) is a maple native to eastern China.
It is a small deciduous tree reaching 10-15 m tall, with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter. The leaves are in opposite pairs, 4-8 cm long (excluding the 2-5 cm petiole), hard, glossy dark green, with three forward-pointing lobes; the margin is smooth on the leaves of mature trees, serrated on the leaves of young trees. The flowers are produced in spring, yellow-green, in pendulous corymbs. The fruit is a samara with two winged seeds, each seed 4-6 mm diameter, with a 15 mm wing; the wings are forward-pointing and often overlapping each other.
The species name is sometimes mis-spelled "buergeranum".
[edit] Uses
Trident Maple is an important species in bonsai. It is also occasionally grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens in Europe and North America.
