Miyabe Maple - Acer miyabei
Diagnostic photos, Morton Arboretum accessions 550-32*11 & 12
Family: Aceraceae
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Miyabe Maple - Acer miyabei
This 75-year-old Miyabe Maple at the Morton Arboretum was started from seed.
Miyabe Maple is an outstanding specimen tree, featuring crisp, dark green summer foliage, and an appealing upright rounded habit with a wide crown. This tree likes full sun and grows best in moist, well-drained soils. Tolerant of mild drought, prefers slightly acid soil. Relatively short-lived fall color is a spectacular, vibrant butter-yellow to golden-yellow, depending on temperature changes and site conditions. [1]

Miyabe Maple foliage and fruits
The five-pointed leaflet is reminiscent of Sweet Gum - Liquidambar styraciflua

Miyabe Maple: Habit
This lovely Morton Arboretum specimen provides a wonderful retreat from a hot, sunny summer day.

Chicagoland Grows, a partnership between the Chicago Botanic Garden and The Morton Arboretum,  reports a cultivar of the Miyabe, trade name 'State Street', is a cold-hardy alternative to hedge maple, A. campestre, and more resitant to heat and drought than Norway Maple.

Miyabe Maple Bark
Miyabe Maple Bark is mottled gray and tan

References
  1. Colin Tudge, The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter, Reprint (Three Rivers Press, 2007).
  2. NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees--E: Eastern Region, Chanticleer Press Ed (Knopf, 1980).

 

 

              
 
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