Familiar to many, Acer 'White Tigress' is thought to be a cross between A. tegmentosum and an unknown parent. The tree has yellowish brown bark, which exfoliates in small flakes. Fall color is often variable but is usually orange to a vivid scarlet red. Acer tschonoskii ssp. Young stems and branches are green and often have faint white stripes, which fade, as the branches get older.
Leaves have five to seven lobes and are incised, veins are a lighter green with red petioles.
Fall color ranges from orange to red. Native to northern Japan, plant collector Karl Maximowicz first described the tree in 1886 but it has only recently begun to be cultivated overseas. Traditionally planted larger maples, the Red, Sugar and Norway Maples and their hundreds of cultivars are beautiful additions to the landscape but have been over used. Not only are they relatively disease and pest free, they provide interest year round through their interesting foliage, bark and texture in addition to producing fall displays of color, which match any maple on the market now.