Downy Japanese maple (Fullmoon maple)
Acer japonicum Thunberg [Aceraceae]
Hauchiwakaede (ハウチワカエデ, 葉団扇楓)
Lifeform: deciduous shrub/tree
Distribution: Eastern Asia (southern Koreaa - Japan)
Habitat: mountainous zones
Seed dispersal: wind
Acer japonicum in Hokkaido
A sapling (left) and close-up of a leaf (right) in Hokkaido University Campus (N11/W5) on October 19 2008.
[Left] Close-up of seeds in front of GSEES on June 8 2010. [Right] at the coast of Pekeretto Swamp, Sapporo, on June 26 2010.
Morphology
Branches sketched on May 9 1983, a leaf, male flower, and seed on June 22 1983.