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'''''Acer carpinifolium''''' ('''hornbeam maple'''; [[Japanese language|Japanese]]: チドリノキ ''Chidorinoki'' "zigzag tree") is a species of [[maple]] native to [[Japan]], on the islands of [[Honshū]], [[Kyūshū]], and [[Shikoku]], where it grows in woodlands and alongside streams in mountainous areas.<ref name=rokko>Rokko mountain chain guide of trees: [http://shinrin.cool.ne.jp/sub283.html ''Acer carpinifolium''] (in Japanese; [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://shinrin.cool.ne.jp/sub283.html&sa=X&oi=translate google translation])</ref><ref name=toj>Trees of Japan: [http://www005.upp.so-net.ne.jp/goostake/GOO/XCHIDORI.HTM ''Acer carpinifolium'']</ref> |
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It is a small [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 10–15 m tall, with smooth, dark greenish-grey to grey-brown bark. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 7–15 cm long and 3–6 cm broad, simple, unlobed, and pinnately veined with 18–24 pairs of veins and a serrated margin. They resemble leaves of [[hornbeam]]s more than they do other maples, except for being arranged in opposite pairs, and in the very small basal pair of veins being palmately arranged as in other maples. The [[flower]]s are 1 cm diameter, greenish yellow, produced in pendulous [[raceme]]s 5–12 cm long in spring as the new leaves open; they are [[plant sexuality|dioecious]], with male and female flowers on separate trees. The [[fruit]] is a [[Samara (fruit)|samara]] of two seeds each with a 2–3 cm long wing.<ref name=rokko/><ref name=toj/><ref name=boroboro>Boroboro Flower Book: [http://boroboro.seesaa.net/archives/20051201.html ''Acer carpinifolium''] (in Japanese; [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://boroboro.seesaa.net/archives/20051201.html&sa=X&oi=translate google translation])</ref><ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref> |
It is a small [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 10–15 m tall, with smooth, dark greenish-grey to grey-brown bark. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 7–15 cm long and 3–6 cm broad, simple, unlobed, and pinnately veined with 18–24 pairs of veins and a serrated margin. They resemble leaves of [[hornbeam]]s more than they do other maples, except for being arranged in opposite pairs, and in the very small basal pair of veins being palmately arranged as in other maples. The [[flower]]s are 1 cm diameter, greenish yellow, produced in pendulous [[raceme]]s 5–12 cm long in spring as the new leaves open; they are [[plant sexuality|dioecious]], with male and female flowers on separate trees. The [[fruit]] is a [[Samara (fruit)|samara]] of two seeds each with a 2–3 cm long wing.<ref name=rokko/><ref name=toj/><ref name=boroboro>Boroboro Flower Book: [http://boroboro.seesaa.net/archives/20051201.html ''Acer carpinifolium''] (in Japanese; [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://boroboro.seesaa.net/archives/20051201.html&sa=X&oi=translate google translation])</ref><ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref> |
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Acer carpinifolium (hornbeam maple; Japanese: チドリノキ Chidorinoki "zigzag tree") is a species of maple native to Japan, on the islands of Honshū, Kyūshū, and Shikoku, where it grows in woodlands and alongside streams in mountainous areas.[2][3]
It is a small deciduous tree growing to 10–15 m tall, with smooth, dark greenish-grey to grey-brown bark. The leaves are 7–15 cm long and 3–6 cm broad, simple, unlobed, and pinnately veined with 18–24 pairs of veins and a serrated margin. They resemble leaves of hornbeams more than they do other maples, except for being arranged in opposite pairs, and in the very small basal pair of veins being palmately arranged as in other maples. The flowers are 1 cm diameter, greenish yellow, produced in pendulous racemes 5–12 cm long in spring as the new leaves open; they are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. The fruit is a samara of two seeds each with a 2–3 cm long wing.[2][3][4][5]
It is occasionally cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions, mainly as a botanical curiosity to demonstrate the wide range of leaf morphology in the genus Acer, but also for its bright yellow autumn colour. Both the scientific and common names derive from the superficial resemblance of its leaves to those of the genus Carpinus (hornbeams).[5]
See also
- Hornbeam, for the genus Carpinus found in Europe and eastern North America
References
- ^ Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 [and more or less continuously updated since]. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/.
- ^ a b Rokko mountain chain guide of trees: Acer carpinifolium (in Japanese; google translation)
- ^ a b Trees of Japan: Acer carpinifolium
- ^ Boroboro Flower Book: Acer carpinifolium (in Japanese; google translation)
- ^ a b Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
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Foliage
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Leaves on a tree at the Morton Arboretum, accession 6-61-4
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Leaves
External links
- Hornbeam Maple Large Format Diagnostic Photos, Morton Arboretum acc.1-61-4