Amur Maple

About Amur Maple in Alberta

Amur Maple is a small introduced ornamental maple widely used in Alberta for cold hardiness, manageable size, drought tolerance, red fall colour, and suitability in urban landscapes. It is best treated as a cultivated Alberta tree rather than a confirmed wild or native species. For ARA, notable examples are most likely to be older boulevard, park, institutional, shelterbelt, farmstead, or residential specimens that show exceptional size, form, age, or continuity in prairie landscape design.

Identification: Leaves are opposite and usually 3-lobed, with a noticeably elongated middle lobe. This narrow central lobe is one of the best field traits. Leaves may vary, and vigorous shoots can blur the difference between Amur Maple and related Tatarian Maple forms.

Alberta range and habitat: Amur Maple is introduced in Canada and Alberta. Alberta evidence strongly supports cultivation, but Alberta escape or naturalization is not confirmed here.