Acer pentaphyllum - Five-lobed Maple flowering A large deciduous tree from

A large deciduous tree from the mid western United States of America where it is found in open forests

it is best grown in moist

though its yield is lower than that of the related cork oak

A small multistemmed pine with the most extraordinary bark that is smooth and peels off the trunk like that of a Platanus sp

Depending on the severity of the winters it might be cut back by frost

Acer pentaphyllum - Five-lobed Maple flowering A large deciduous tree fromOne of the rarest maples in the wild known only from a very small and threatened population which was recently rediscovered following its introduction to cultivation in the 1930's from a scarce handful of seed. It is deciduous with deeply cut 5 lobed leaves that are very unmaple like. This delicate tree, nearly extinct in the wild and unsurprisingly it is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN