Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Acer buergerianum Miq.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Gisborne Land District, Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Circus Walk, to left of walking track
Field Collection Date
23 Mar 1995
Field Collection Notes
Tall tree, 12m, 3 trunked (2 upright, one horizontal for 3m then upright). Circumf at base 1.3m. Leaves shiny mid-green upperside, grey-green dull underneath. 3 lobed leaves. Bark light brown peeling off in small strips. Keys biwinged, acutely angled, lime green. Older keys inner edge of wing red-tipped. Opposite branching of leaves and branchlets.
Sheltered, partially shaded.
Trident maple. China.
Ex Eastwoodhill Arboretum, "EWH" 271, received Sept 2018
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-38.56278, 177.71725 (± 200 m)
177.71725, 177.71725 (± 200 m)
Last Update
05 Mar 2021
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