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§1 Plant

Acer ginnala Maxim.

vernacular Amur maple — species · Aceraceae


USDA
ACGI
GBIF
4925890 syn.
Rank
species
Amur maple (Acer ginnala)
Platephotograph · Wouter Hagens source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Aceraceae Juss.
Genus
Acer
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 34 counties across 8 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 34 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
High
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
Medium
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
130 min.
Precipitation
30–60 in/yr
pH range
6.1–7.5
Root depth
24 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
20 ft
Height @ 20 y
15 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Moderate
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
15,200
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Fuelwood
Medium
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 34 counties across 8 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ACGI ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/4925890 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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