General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Deciduous
Broadleaf
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Green
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Provides winter interest
Shade Tree
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Flood Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: Most cases none is required, but if needed , cold moist stratify for 14-20 days. tree is subtropical.
Days to germinate: 2-3 weeks after sowing, will be faster is soil is warm
Suitable for wintersowing
Can handle transplanting
Will not come true from seed
Pollinators: Wind
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Goes Dormant
Endangered: very rare tree and dusceptible to extinction due to deforestation in Jalisco.
Conservation status: Critically Endangered (CR)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Critically Endangered
Image
Common names
  • Jalisco Maple

Photo Gallery
Location: University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Date: June 2015
Maple growing on campus
Location: Bosque De Arce (Maple Forest), a park near Talpa de Allende, Jalisco, Mexico
Date: May 2016
Seed pods and fallen leaves of Jalisco Maple
Location: Vallarta Botanic garden, Jalisco, Mexico
Date: May 7 2022
A specimen of Jalisco Maple growing in a botanic garden
Location: Bosque De Arce (Maple Forest), a park near Talpa de Allende, Jalisco, Mexico
Date: February 2018
Wild tree
Location: Bosque De Arce (Maple Forest), a park near Talpa de Allende, Jalisco, Mexico
Date: June 2016
Mature jalisco maple (wild tree)

« Add a new plant to the database

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by blue23rose and is called "Speedwell 'Georgia Blue''"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.