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Maple, Red

Acer rubrum

Photo by fwilliams31
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Field Notes

Description:

Red Maple is a deciduous tree that will often grow to between forty and sixty feet tall. The crown of a red maple tree is rounded to oval in shape.

Habitat:

In northern sates, red maple trees usually occur in low wetlands or river flood plains

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
angecope
Red maples are so called due to the colour of the bark, not the colour of the foliage - sugar maples and Japanese maples are the ones that give the distinctive red colour in the fall.
awl4hymn
That first picture is a Japanese Maple, not a Red Maple.

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PublishedJune 18, 2011

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