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Mountain Maple is a shrubby tree, growing up to 6 metres in height, and about 10 cm in diameter, with smooth, greenish bark when young, becoming reddish-brown, flaky or furrowed with age. It has a shallow root system.
Found throughout the northern region of Algonquin Highlands, this tree prefers cool woods that have rich, moist soils on rocky slopes and flats, and along streams; but it also grows well on drier or well-drained acid soils.
Its leaves are 3 - 5 lobed, coarsely toothed, easily confused with Red Maple, and 5 - 25 cm in size. Its flowers are distinctive among Maples, as they are greenish yellow and appear in a long raceme appearing above its leaves. They bloom from May to June. The Mountain Maple’s seeds are a two-winged red samara, hanging in clusters.
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