Kevin Schafer / Pine (Pinus sp) and Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) trees in autumn, Ginkakuji Gardens, Kyoto, Japan

Floris van Breugel / Emerging spring leaves adorn the mossy trees - Vine Maple (Acer circinatum) and Alder (Alnus rubra) in Mt Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest. Washington. April 2013

Floris van Breugel / Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) leaves floating in a small pond in late autumn in Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. Washington USA

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Palmate or Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Leaf in yellow from a Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China

Michael Hutchinson / Large bee fly (Bombylius major), hanging upside-down from Japanese Maple, Bristol, UK, May.

Tony Wu / Japanese maple (Acer sp) leaves, showing autumn foliage. Near Lake Kawaguchi-ko, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, November.

Tony Wu / California maple aphid (Periphyllus californiensis) adult female with a cluster of nymphs gathered on the underside of a Japanese maple (Acer sp.) leaf in the autumn. Kanagawa, Japan.

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) trees in fall, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) leaves in fall, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) leaves in fall, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) trees with conifers in fall, Kyoto, Japan