Acer palmatum Thunb. (Japanese maple), branches, leaves, fall color
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digital color photograph
Born digital
Photographic image
2005 – 2012
Acer palmatum Thunb. (Japanese maple), leaves are opposite simple 2-5" long and wide deeply 5- 7- 9-lobed with lobes being lance-ovate to lance-oblong in shape acuminate subcordate doubly serrate glabrous and bright green beneath, color varies depending on cultivar but generally dark green on species, petiole is 0.75-2" long glabrous, fall color is yellow or bronze or orange or purple or bright red
