Maple Trees Names, Pictures and Types of Acer Species

Pictures of Maple Trees
Leaf of a Sycamore Maple (Acer pseudoplatanus). Photo by Willow, Picture use (cc2)
Sugar maple tree, (Acer saccharum). Photo by Bruce Marlin, Picture use (cc2)

There are many types of Maple (Acer) species, and this genus consists of tree and shrub growth form types. This genus contains mostly species that are deciduous trees growing to 10 to 45m (30 to 145ft) in height, see Maple pictures on this page. Other species of the Acer genus are shrubs less than 10m (30ft) tall with a number of small trunks (and or branches) originating at ground level. Most Maple species are deciduous, however a few species in southern Asia and the Mediterranean region are evergreen.

Maple Tree Identification;

Maple trees can be easily identified by their leaves. The leaves in most species are palmate veined and lobed, with 3-9 (rarely to 13) veins each leading to a lobe, one of which is central or apical. A small number of species differ in having palmate compound, pinnate compound, pinnate veined or un-lobed leaves.

Several species, including Acer griseum (Paperbark Maple), Acer mandshuricum (Manchurian Maple), Acer maximowiczianum (Nikko Maple), and Acer triflorum (Three-flowered Maple), have trifoliate leaves.
One species, Acer negundo (Box-elder), has pinnately compound leaves that may be simply trifoliate or may have five, seven, or rarely nine leaflets.
A few, such as Acer laevigatum and Acer carpinifolium (Hornbeam Maple), have pinnately-veined simple leaves.
Many species of Maple can be grown as Bonsai Trees.

Facts about the Maple (Acer) Genus of Trees;

• Genus Latin Scientific Name = Acer.
• Genus Latin Name Pronunciation: AY-ser
• Genus Latin Name Meaning: Acer is from the Latin word for acrid or sharp, referring to Maple's hardness and the ancient Roman use of the wood for spears.
• Genus Common Names = Maple, Sycamore, Boxelder. List of Acer Vernacular names
• Number of Species in the Acer Genus = 191 and 16 Maple hybrids, these numbers don't include the 1000's of Maple Cultivars of which some are listed on this page.

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