Acer buergerianum Trident Maple. A good cultivar of Trident Maple (Acer buergerianum), the widely popular small street, lawn, and patio tree. Trident maple (Acer buergerianum) leaves are glossy green and shaped like a duck's foot with three pointy lobes. 1). This is why A. Buergerianum is called the Trident maple. About 150 species of deciduous or evergreen trees, some small shrubs; leaves opposite, usually simple and palmately lobed and veined, sometimes pinnately compound (e.g., A. negundo), leaf scars crescent shaped; flowers, small, in terminal or axillary clusters, 4-8 stamen, 2 styles or stigma; fruit is winged (samara), usually in joined pairs which separate when shed, one seed per fruit (key). The leaf is somewhat variable but nearly always has three lobes pointing more or less forward. Aeryn® is a good looking selection from veteran nurseryman, Dwayne Moon. Trident Maple1 Edward F. Gilman and Dennis G. Watson2 INTRODUCTION This deciduous, 30 to 45-foot-high by 25-foot-wide tree has beautiful 3-inch-wide, tri-lobed leaves, glossy green above and paler underneath, which turn various shades of red, orange, and yellow in autumn (Fig. Acer buergerianum - Leaf, Fall Interest. Glossy dark green above, they are lighter beneath. Acer buergeranum Figure 1. Fall color is outrageous! Acer beurgerianum, also known as the Trident Maple, is a beautiful and unusual specimen tree which is native to Eastern China and Taiwan. Mature Trident Maple. The shiny, dark green leaf has a healthy appearance and can turn yellowish to deep orange-red in autumn. This small ornamental deciduous tree also displays an exfoliating bark with plates and scales of brown, tan, orange and gray. In autumn the foliage turns a rich yellow and then deep russet red. Acer buergerianum - Bark. This deciduous, 30 to 45-foot-high by 25-foot-wide tree in the wild, has beautiful 3-inch-wide, tri-lobed leaves, glossy green above and paler underneath, which turn various shades of red, orange, and yellow in autumn. Acer buergerianum 'Ningpoense' TRIDENT MAPLE Dec (z6) (Bonsai) The leaves of this very rare form of the Trident Maple are bluer in tone with lobes, where present, that point to the side, rather than tip-ward; a 30-45'tree from the Ningpo (as its name suggests) area of China.S-PSh/M . Sometimes used as a street tree, but its main use is as a park or solitary tree. This is why A. Buergerianum is called the Trident maple. Acer buergerianum - Leaves. Uniformity is insured through own-root propagation. The leaves are the major attraction of trident maples. Nice fall color includes reds, yellows and orange rather than the purple-red typical of Tridents. Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,200 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on ten California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond. They turn into warm colors in autumn, a palette that goes gold yellow, orange and red. Leaves are distinctly three-lobed, with smooth margins. Acer buergerianum cultivars are a great favorite with bonsai enthusiasts and this Small Leaf Variegate would be perfect for them because it is on its own root where as most of the cultivars are grafted. Sometimes used as a street tree, but its main use is as a park or solitary tree. Acer buergerianum (Trident maple) is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree that can reach a height of 5–20m. Acer buergerianum - Trident Maple: Trident Maples grow to about twenty to thirty feet, though taller in their native areas of China-Japan. Acer buergerianum - Habit. The leaf is somewhat variable but nearly always has three lobes pointing more or less forward. Acer buergerianum - Habit. Acer buergerianum - Leaves. The shiny, dark green leaf has a healthy appearance and can turn yellowish to deep orange-red in autumn. Trident Maple (Acer buergerianum) Posted March 4, 2002 by TBS Webmaster Off.