Red Maple; Scarlet Maple; Swamp Maple Scientific Name: Acer rubrum
Description: Large planted tree with narrow or rounded, compact crown and red flowers, fruit, leafstalks, and autumn foliage. Height: 60-90'. Diameter: 2.5'
Habitat: Wet or moist soils of stream banks, valleys, swamps, and uplands and sometimes on dry ridges; in mixed hardwood forests.
Range: Extreme SE. Manitoba east to E. Newfoundland, south to S. Florida and west to E. Texas
Type: Tree Source:National Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Trees: Western Region
Photograph: Robert L. Anderson, USDA Forest Service from www.forestryimages.org. |
