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Acer grisseum

Latin name:
Acer griseum
Common name:
paper bark maple
Keywords:
maple, griseum

Called the paper bark maple, nice erect shape and has light brown bark peeling in thin papery flakes.

Has very interesting leaves which turn from green to a fiery red in autumn.

Fruit buds are red and appear in early Summer.