Acer tegmentosum

Acer tegmentosum, the East Asian stripe maple or Manchurian striped maple is a species of deciduous tree in the maple genus, which is natively found in the south of the Russian Far East (along the Amur and Ussuri rivers in Primorsky Krai), northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), and in Korea. Acer tegmentosum is cold-hardy down to USDA Hardiness zone 5a (-29 °C). At maturity (20 plus years) it can reach a height of 10–15 metres (33–49 ft) and a spread of 8 metres (26 ft), with greenish-grey bark with bright white stripes. Leaves are not compound, each up to 12 cm across, round in general outline but with 3 shallow lobes (sometimes with two small additional lobes near the base), the lobes doubly toothed at the edge. The green leaves turn bright yellow before falling in Autumn. In cultivation in the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.