The bark of red maple is rough and hard, and its color is reddish brown. And Acer henryi's bark is more delicate and flexible, the color is green.
The leaves of red maple are composed of 5-9 pieces, with deep and nearly complete cracks. The lobes are long ovate or lanceolate, with serrated edges. The color is red in spring and autumn, purple in summer, red in young leaves and purple in old leaves. And chicken claw thief leaf is usually 7 pieces, also have 5-7 pieces of composition, the crack is relatively shallow, it is 1 /3 of the leaf generally, the crack is oval or lanceolate, the leaf is green in spring and summer, it will turn red in autumn.
