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Red Maple
Acer rubrum
33.9706, -83.7295
Field Notes
Description:
The red maple flowers and produces samaras before the tree leafs out.
Seeds of Red Maple are called samaras. The seed is a schizocarp composed of two 1-seeded samaras. When the samaras separate from the branch, they spiral to the ground; they may be carried on the wind to disperse them.
Habitat:
Twenty foot tall tree growing in shade on shore of inlet to lake.
Reference Links:
NameThatPlant.net: Acer rubrum var. rubrum
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Spotted for Missions
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PublishedMarch 14, 2017
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