Acer hyrcanum

Acer hyrcanum is a maple species sometimes referred to as Balkan maple. It grows in southeastern Europe and western Asia.

Acer hyrcanum is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters (50 feet) tall. Leaves are up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) across, usually 5-lobed but occasionally with only 3 lobes, dark green on top, lighter green underneath because of a layer of wax.


 * Subspecies
 * Acer hyrcanum subsp. hyrcanum - Armenia; Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran
 * Acer hyrcanum subsp. intermedium (Pančić) Palam. - Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece
 * Acer hyrcanum subsp. keckianum (Asch. & Sint. ex Pax) Yalt. - Turkey
 * Acer hyrcanum subsp. reginae-amaliae (Orph. ex Boiss.) E.Murray - Greece
 * Acer hyrcanum subsp. sphaerocaryum Yalt. - Turkey
 * Acer hyrcanum subsp. stevenii (Pojark.) E.Murray - Crimea
 * Acer hyrcanum subsp. tauricolum (Boiss. & Balansa) Yalt. - Lebanon; Syria; Turkey