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Japanese maple
Acer palmatum
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
American sweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
Korean mapleAcer pseudosieboldianum
Norway mapleAcer platanoides
Painted MapleAcer pictum
red mapleAcer rubrum
silver mapleAcer saccharinum
Green MapleAcer serrulatum
castor beanRicinus communis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 36,614 |
|---|---|
| New York | 3,271 |
| North Carolina | 2,666 |
| Washington | 2,645 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,316 |
| Virginia | 1,969 |
| New Jersey | 1,902 |
| Massachusetts | 1,854 |
| British Columbia | 1,708 |
| Maryland | 1,634 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Soapberries, Cashews, Mahoganies, and Allies · Sapindales |
| Family | soapberry family · Sapindaceae |
| Genus | maples · Acer |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Japanese maple with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.