Manchurian maple has three narrow per leaf, an unusual look for a maple. It is native to northeastern Asia, but you can see cultivated trees in U.S. arboretums.

Appearance

Growth form
A deciduous tree with smooth gray bark and slender branches.
Leaves
Each leaf is divided into three narrow leaflets with small teeth near the tips.
Fruit
Its winged fruits are paired, like those of other maples.

Look-alikes

three-flowered mapleAcer triflorum

Both have leaves of three leaflets. Manchurian maple has narrower leaflets and hairless leaf stalks; three-flowered maple (Acer triflorum) has peeling brown bark and hair along veins on the leaflet undersides.

Where it lives

Typical habitats
  • East Asian forests
  • U.S. arboretums
Range
Native from the Russian Far East through northeastern China to Korea. It is grown in U.S. botanical collections rather than occurring here as a native tree.

Conservation

IUCN Red List
LCLeast ConcernLow risk of extinction
6 sources
  1. iNaturalist taxon API
  2. 국가생물종목록: 관속식물
  3. 국립수목원 어린이 생물도감: 복장나무
  4. Kew POWO: Acer mandshuricum
  5. Trees and Shrubs Online: Acer mandshuricum
  6. Trees and Shrubs Online: Acer triflorum
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