Bigleaf maple leaf

Bigleaf maple (Oregon maple) - Acer macrophyllum

Characteristics...

• Arrangement: opposite 
• Shape: palmate (5 deeply incised lobes)
• Margin: spiny / poiny
• Venation: palmate
• Size: 20 - 35 cm  (largest leaves of all the maple tree species)
• Petiole: 20 - 50 cm
• Color: green
• Autumn color: yellow - orange  

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Crimson king maple leaf

Crimson king maple leaf - Norway maple - Acer platanoides var

Characteristics...

• Arrangement: opposite 
• Shape: palmate (5 lobes)
• Margin: spiny and wavy
• Venation: palmate
• Size: 10-25 cm
• Petiole: 8 - 20 cm
• Texture: smooth
• Color: purple

Norway maple leaf

Norway maple - Acer platanoides

Characteristics...

• Arrangement: opposite 
• Shape: palmate (5 lobes)
• Margin: spiny
• Venation: palmate
• Size: 10-25 cm
• Petiole: 8 - 20 cm
• Texture: smooth
• Color: green (purple on some cultivars)
• Autumn color: yellow, orange - red.

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Box elder maple leaf

Boxelder maple - Acer negundo

Characteristics...

• Arrangement: opposite 
• Shape: pinnately compound
• Margin: unevenly serrate
• Venation: pinnate (on individual leaflets)
• Leaflet size: 7 -12 cm
• Petiole: 5-15 cm
• Texture: smooth
• Color: light green when new to dark green when mature

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