Acer palmatum Thunb.
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- Family
- Aceraceae
- Botanical Name
- Acer palmatum Thunb.
- Common Name
- Japanese Maple
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- in Taxa Not Treated: Waifs
- Comments
- Commonly cultivated, rarely reported as an escape but shows signs of invasiveness at several sites where documented.
- Habitat
- Reported by Steury (Banisteria 37, 2011) as an "uncommon, but well established" escape in moist woodlands along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Fairfax County. Also escaped at Caledon State Park, King George Co., near Lake Prince in Suffolk City, and along the South Anna River in Hanover County.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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