Acer cissifolium - Ivy-leaved maple

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Latin name: Acer cissifolium (Sieb. & Zucc.)
Common name: Ivy-leaved maple, Ivyleaf maple

Acer cissifolium - Ivy-leaved Maple photograph of habit in late Spring

The photographs on this page show an Ivy-leaved Maple (Acer cissifolium) that is in the Morton Arboretum and is labeled with the following accession information 1073-58*1 ct G-59/50-30. It is on the north side, near the top of Frost Hill, visible from the road. Acer cissifolium is listed as USDA Hardiness Zone: 6. Mature height and width of Ivy-leaved Maple is 20 - 30 feet.

Flowers of the Acer Cissifolium are borne on slender racemes and dwarf the buds that held them. This picture was taken April 27, 2005.

Acer cissifolium - Ivy-leaved Maple -photograph of samara in late Spring.

The samaras are borne on slender racemes and will eventually be about 1 inch long. Although some were more developed than others, the insert in the top left shows some samara that were only about 1/4 inch on this particular day.

Photograph taken in mid-May, 2004.

Acer cissifolium - Ivy-leaved Maple -enlarged photograph of trifoliate leaves

The leaves of the Ivy-leaved Maple (Acer cissifolium) are opposite, trifoliate which is similar to those of the Paperbark Maple.(Acer griseum). The petiole is reddish purple and 3 - 4 inches long. The petiolule of the terminal leaflet is generally 1 inch long, nearly twice the length of that of the lateral leaflets.

Acer cissifolium - Ivy-leaved Maple 1st and 2nd year stems in late Spring.

First year stems are reddish purple and highly pubescent, 2nd year stems are gray-brown.

Acer cissifolium - Ivy-leaved Maple - fall colors of yellow and red

Fall colors are red and yellow. Although some reliable sources say that good color is unlikely, this picture shows that for this particular Ivy-leaved Maple the fall colors on October 30, 2001 were excellent.

Multiple trunks of Acer cissifolium in Autumn.

Acer cissifolium - Ivy-leaved Maple photograph of lateral buds in early Spring

Bud of the Acer cissifolium are very tiny. Lateral buds of the Ivy-leaved Maple are reddish purple and only about 1/2 as long as terminal buds. This photo was taken in mid-March 2001.

This photo of Acer cissifolium showing terminal buds beginning to open was taken April 27, 2005.


Kingdom: Plantae -- Plants
	Subkingdom: Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants
		Superdivision: Spermatophyta -- Seed plants
			Division: Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants
				Class: Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons
					Subclass: Rosidae
						Order: Sapindales
							Family: Aceraceae -- Maple family
								Genus: Acer L. -- maple
									Species: Acer cissifolium (Siebold & Zucc.) K.Koch – ivyleaf maple

Source for classification listing: USDA, NRCS. 2004. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

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