Washington
Park Arboretum
Acers
Acers or maples are well represented at WPA with
the collection of 75 species overall and 90 cultivars of Japanese maples
alone. These wonderful landscape plants range in size from 5 foot shrubs
to 60 foot specimen trees. Maples are categorized in two distinct ways:
taxonomic and horticultural groupings. The taxonomic order can be viewed
by selecting the link below. The horticultural groupings of native maples,
Japanese maples, and striped-bark maples as well as identification characteristics
are explored in some detail at the following links