Simon's Album1 (March 2009)
These photos were offered by Mr. Simon Grant who lives in Mittagong, Australia.
Mr. Grant has the garden of 3.2 hectares, where various trees including the maple are cultivated.
Acer campbellii Hook var. campbellii
Its leaf-shape seems to be composed of leaf-lobes of Acer amoenum and leaf-base of Acer shirasawanum.
Greenish young twigs & the image of a young tree
Acer griseum Pax (Paperbark Maple)
The seed is usually a couple, 3 pieces for the left and 4 pieces for the right. Four pieces are rarely seen.
Acer pentaphyllum Diels
Image of the tree shape(left), seedlings(upper right) and leaf shape after germination(lower right)
Trunk & branches
Samaras of Acer pentaphyllum
Acer robustum Pax
(Acer ceriferum Rehder, or Acer anhweiense Fang)
Acer rubescens Hayata
(Acer morrisonense Hayata)
Trunk & samaras of Acer rubescens
Acer sikkimense Miquel
(Acer hookeri Miquel)
Image of tree shape & magnified leaf-shape of Acer sikkimense
Acer elegantulum Fang
This image was sent in April, but they are in autumn in Australia.