Acer hyrcanum

Acer hyrcanum is a maple species sometimes referred to as Balkan maple. It grows in southeastern Europe and western Asia.

Description

Acer hyrcanum is a deciduous tree up to 15 metres (49 feet) tall. Leaves are up to 4 cm (1.6 in) across, usually 5-lobed but occasionally with only 3 lobes, dark green on top, lighter green underneath because of a layer of wax. The flowers open in early spring and are greenish-yellow in color, arranged in short-stalked corymbs. The fruits are hairless samaras, up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long. The grayish-brown bark fissures irregularly when old.

Uses

Most of the subspecies of Acer hyrcanum are grown in cultivation.

Subspecies

List of subspecies of Acer hyrcanum:

• Acer hyrcanum subsp. hyrcanum - Armenia; Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran
• Acer hyrcanum subsp. intermedium (Pančić) Palam. - Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece
• Acer hyrcanum subsp. keckianum (Asch. & Sint. ex Pax) Yalt. - Turkey
• Acer hyrcanum subsp. reginae-amaliae (Orph. ex Boiss.) E.Murray - Greece
• Acer hyrcanum subsp. sphaerocaryum Yalt. - Turkey
• Acer hyrcanum subsp. stevenii (Pojark.) E.Murray - Crimea
• Acer hyrcanum subsp. tauricolum (Boiss. & Balansa) Yalt. - Lebanon; Syria; Turkey

External links

• — includes photos of the leaves of each of the subspecies.