Plants by Family
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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Family
Aceraceae
Genus Species
Acer griseum
Common Name
Paperbark maple
Habit
Trees
Link to Image of Plant
http://thekeep.eiu.edu/whiteside_plantnames/1/
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Coons, Janice; Coutant, Nancy; and Whiteside, Wesley, "Aceraceae - Acer griseum" (2011). Plants by Family. 1.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/whiteside_family/1
Comments
From where or whom obtained and when: The original plant of Acer griseumobtained from the Wayside Nursery of Ohio in the 1970’s was lost to a harsh winter. The plant just north of the house was offered as a gift around 1985 from Terry Weidner, a former botany Department Chair at Eastern Illinois University, and was derived from seed collected on the University of Illinois campus around Bevier Hall. Another plant located in the northeast portion of the garden came from Gossler’s Nursery in Oregon around 1985.