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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)

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