Family: Aceraceae - Maple Family
Genus: Acer
Most maple trees have simple leaves with palmate venation and 3 - 5 main lobes. A few have compound leaves and others are simple without lobes. A common feature is that the leaves are opposite and the fruit is a schizocarp, often called a samaras or simply helicopters.
| Acer cissifolium - Ivy leaved maple | ||
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| Acer forrestii - Forrest maple | ||
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| Acer griseum - Paperbark maple | ||
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| Acer japonicum - Fullmoon maple | ||
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| Acer negundo - Boxelder | ||
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| Acer rubrum - Red maple | ||
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| Acer saccharinum - Silver maple | ||
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| Acer saccharum - Sugar maple | ||
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| Acer tegmentosum - Manchurian striped maple | ||
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| Acer triflorum - Threeflower maple | ||
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