Description
It has the largest leaves of any maple, typically 15–30 centimetres (0.49–0.98 ft) across, with five deeply incised palmate lobes, with the largest running to 61 centimetres (24 in).
The flowers are produced in spring in pendulous racemes 10–15 centimetres (3.9–5.9 in) long, greenish-yellow with inconspicuous petals. The fruit is a paired winged samara, each seed 1–1.5 centimetres (0.39–0.59 in) diameter with a 4–5 centimetres (1.6–2.0 in) wing.
In the more humid parts of its range, as in the Olympic National Park, its bark is covered with epiphytic moss and fern species.
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