Plants by Common Name
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Creation Date
2011
Family
Aceraceae
Genus Species
Acer griseum
Common Name
Paperbark maple
Habit
Tree
Description
Acer griseum was first brought to North America in 1907 by Ernest Henry Wilson in the form of two seedlings that were collected from Hubei Province in China. These two original plants remain at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and were the source of the first North American horticultural distribution of the plant in 1927 (Del Tredici 2007). It is a handsome plant with very showy bark and is becoming more popular and easier to obtain than it has been in the past.
Keywords
Wesley Whiteside, Botanical Garden
