Acer ginnala Amur maple

Acer ginnala leaves and samaras. John Rawlings, c. 2004

Named for the Amur River that runs between eastern Siberia and Manchuria, this small, cold-weather maple has small toothed leaves (often only 2 inches long), two rather small side lobes, 1-inch keys, small fragrant flowers, and good fall color. Campus has lost our only specimens: half a dozen (an inch in diameter in 2004) stood on the right as one entered the greenbelt by the path at the end of Casanueva Place.