Acer capillipes

Captivating, round headed tree with spreading branches – ultimate size 25-30', moderate growth rate. Rarely grown beauty with green bark clearly marked with vertical white lines, very special! Sun to part shade (requires part shade in hot climates); prefers moist, well drained soils; deciduous; fall color is dramatic - orange to red! Leaves, three lobed, are reddish in spring, retaining red petioles all season. Choice selection for understory to taller trees.