Identification: Maple Society CWG presents the Maple Cultivar Database

Hi, I wanted to let you know that the Maple Society (after many hundreds of hours of work over the last couple of months) has launched our Maple Cultivar Database benefit. It's a living document, we have many catalogs and thousands of verified pictures in our pipeline, but already it consists of nearly 4800 cultivars of which around 1100 are synonyms, over 600 descriptions, many photos, and 4600 documented and cross-checked information sources. You need to be a member of the British and Irish Branch ( tmsbi.org) or the American branch (maplesocietynorthamerica.org), or in the French, Spanish or Italian regions to have received notification. If you are a member, check your email, and we hope you enjoy! (Note, if you're a member not affiliated with one of these regions, you can contact me separately).



I'd also like to extend my grateful thanks to everyone here on the forum who has helped with the research, tracking down leads, slogging through the (sometimes pretty awful) alpha test. It wouldn't have been possible without you.


The International Maple Society Cultivar Working Group (CWG) is (in alphabetical order):

• Emery Davis, Research Lead, Chair TMSBI
• Robin Gardner, Board Member TMSNA
• Cor van Gelderen, Esveld Nursery
• Bill Hibler, Technology Lead, President TMSNA
• Douglas Justice, University of British Columbia
• Nicholas Mihajlovic, Maple Society of France, Assistant Registrar
• Ed Shinn, Shinn Arboretum
• Alan Tabler, Registrar