General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 50 to 100 feet
Plant Spread: 50 to 75 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flower Color: Red
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Shade Tree
Resistances: Pollution
Flood Resistant
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Monoecious

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Common names
  • Maple

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Location: Dow Gardens, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2019-10-25
Leaves with fall color, seen with back lighting.
Location: Dow Gardens, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2019-10-25
Undersides of the leaves look pale until full fall color is achie
Location: Dow Gardens, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2019-09-26
A speciment that is at least 25 years old (planted 1994).  It is
Location: Dow Gardens, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2019-10-25
More than a month after the first leaves started to turn, this tr
Location: Dow Gardens, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2019-10-25
Somewhat tattered leaves showing good fall color.  Seen with fron
Location: west side of Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois
Date: 2017-09-05
looking up the trunk
Location: west side of Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois
Date: 2017-09-10
full-grown tree at Lake Marmo
Location: west side of Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois
Date: 2017-09-05
the foliage
Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Oct 22, 2020 12:25 PM concerning plant:
    This cultivar was named after Lake Marmo at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL. There is a large specimen along the north side of the lake, probably the original mother tree. Its habit is sort of upright. Its fall color is red and green or burgundy to yellow.

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