PLANTS Profile for Acer palmatum (Japanese maple)

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Acer palmatum Thunb.
Japanese maple


Symbol:		ACPA2
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Aceraceae
Growth Habit:		Tree Shrub
Duration:		Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Acer palmatum Thunb.

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Plant Distribution by State:
Acer palmatum Thunb.

State Distributional Map for Acer palmatum Thunb.

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Acer palmatum Thunb. occures in the following states: District of Columbia, Delaware, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania

Related Taxa:
Acer palmatum Thunb.

View 1 genera in Aceraceae, 26 species in Acer

Classification:
Acer palmatum Thunb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae –
Order	Sapindales –
Family	Aceraceae – Maple family
Genus	Acer L. – maple
Species	Acer palmatum Thunb. – Japanese maple

Introduced Information:
Acer palmatum Thunb.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Acer palmatum Thunb.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 182136.