Picture Notes:  Pictures 7 to 8 are Acer pseudoplatanus cv. Atropurpureum (= cv. Spaethii).
Pictures 9 to 10 are Acer pseudoplatanus cv. Brilliantissimum.
Picture 11 is Acer pseudoplatanus cv. Erythrocarpum.
Picture 12 is Acer pseudoplatanus cv. Goldfleck.
Picture 13 is Acer pseudoplatanus cv. Simon Louis Freres.

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Distribution:  Europe and western Asia.

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Hardiness Zone:  USDA Zones 4-7       (view USDA zone map)

Size:   80-90 ft. tall.

Form:   Deciduous tree.

Bark:   Bark gray, peeling in flakes.

Stem/Bud:   Buds fat, with imbricate scales, very similar to Acer platanoides.

Leaves:   Leaves opposite, 5 lobed, 4-6 in. wide, with large serrated teeth (crenate serrate).

Fall Color:   Fall color not very showy, yellowish or brown.

Flower:   Flowers yellowish green, in pendulous panicles.

Fruit:   Fruit is a samara, to 2 in. long, at about 45 degree angles.

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Notes:    Terminal buds fat like those of Acer platanoides.

Notes 2:   Introduced in Michigan.

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Cultivars:   

                 'Atropurpureum'

                 'Goldfleck'

                 'Purpureum'

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