| General Description | It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree. The leaves are in opposite pairs, glossy dark green above, paler below, and usually with three lobes. On mature trees the lobes are forward-pointing with smooth margins. Flowers are produced in spring. |
| ID Characteristic | Exfoliating orange tinted bark, red autumn colour, duck feet shaped leaves (three lobed).
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| Shape | Oval rounded to rounded. |
| Landscape | It is used as a bonsai, street, lawn or patio tree; widely grown in temperate regions.
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| Propagation | Seed, 3 months at 5°C works well. Cuttings from mature trees are difficult to root but cuttings from 2 year old seedlings rooted 75 – 95% of the time.
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| Cultivation | Widely grown in temperate regions as an ornamental tree.
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| Pests | Nothing serious, could get aphids, caterpillars, scale insects, mites and leaf-scorch: not common.
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| Notable Specimens | The Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. |
| Habitat | Adaptable, though thrives in well-drained but moist, fertile soil in full sun. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Uprights have a vertical (non-trailing) growth habit. |
| Leaf Description | Opposite, simple, 3 lobed, 4-9 cm high and wide. |
| Flower Description | Greenish-yellow flowers borne in spring; insignificant.
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| Fruit Description | Samara, 2-2.5 cm long, wings 0.5 cm wide, parallel or connivent, fruit set is often so heavy that trees do not carry a full complement of foliage.
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| Colour Description | New growth is often rich bronze to purple maturing to hard glossy green on top and paler underneath. Leaves appear in late March to early April and change to yellow/orange/red towards autumn. |
| Texture Description | Medium.
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