Red maple

Red Maple
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Red Maple
(Acer rubrum L.)
LEAVES: Opposite, simple, with 3-5 shallow lobes, coarsely toothed, light green above, pale green to whitish beneath, turning brilliant red or orange in autumn.
TWIGS: Slender, glossy, at first green, later red.

The red maple has a vast distribution. It is present in the eastern half of North America, extending as far north as Quebec, as far west as Texas and as far south as Florida (Kartesz, 1999).

This beautiful round-headed red maple makes an excellent ornamental feature in a large garden. Although the tree tolerates some lime the best autumn colour is achieved on fertile moisture- retentive neutral to acid soil in full sun.

Red Maple, Megasuri noki, Rot-Ahorn
Maple trees include a broad spectrum of types, sizes, shapes and foliage. They are evergreen or deciduous, shrubby or lofty, with deeply lobed or finely cut leaves.

Acer rubrum (Red maple, Scarlet maple, Swamp maple)
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PLANT DESCRIPTION: Red maple is a tree of medium size, occurring naturally or planted as an ornamental. Young bark is a smooth gray color, older bark is dark and broken. Leaves are 3 to 5 lobed, with shallow notches between lobes.

( Northwood Red Maple )
'Northwood' is a fast growing, hardy, upright tree with ascending branches and a broadly rounded form with age. Reaches 40 to 60 feet tall and spreads 30 to 40 feet.

Completely pollen-free, 'October Glory' is one of several female red maple cultivars identified as the least likely to trigger allergies.

Red Maple (A. rubrum)
Mature Height/Spread: Red maple grows 40 to 60 feet tall, 25 to 35 feet wide. They occasionally grow 100 to 120 feet in the wild.

red maple Aceraceae Acer rubrum L.   symbol: ACRU

Leaf: Opposite, simple, 3 to 5 palmate lobes with serrated margin, sinuses relatively shallow (but highly variable), 2 to 4 inches long; green above, ...

RED MAPLE
Acer rubrum
General Notes
Provide good drainage in clay soil. Tolerates smog.

Red Maple
The red maple has some of the most interesting foliage of all the maple trees. In the summertime, its leaves are green on top with an interesting silvery cast to them. In the fall, they turn gold, then deep red before dropping off.

Red maples are also known as swamp maples because they thrive in wet soils like these in the picture growing at the edge of a small pond.
Description
The swamp or red maple is a beautiful deciduous tree that is often planted as an ornamental.

Red Maple (Acer rubrum) - vivid red
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) - orange/red
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) - clear yellow
Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) - orange/yellow/purple
Blackgum, Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) - intense red ...

Acer rubrum. RED MAPLE. Eastern Canada, United States
ACERACEAE
See six specimens of ‘Armstrong' growing west of the entrance to the Beckman Center. A 40-foot red maple is at 474 Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto.

Acer rubrum [Red Maple] Common Name List
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Norway maple, red maple and sugar maple are the species most commonly affected. The trouble often starts after insect-induced defoliation, which weakens the trees and makes them more susceptible to secondary pathogens.

Attractive dark red maple shaped foliage. It forms an upright bush, but blooms late in the season. Leaves are edible, acid, good for salads, good source of vitamin C. Flower is very similar to Hibiscus furcellatus.

Acer rubrum
Red Maple Aceraceae
Located on left side of small lake, across from old chemistry building.

Carolina Red Maple [English]: Acer rubrum var. trilobum
Carolina Redroot [English]: Lachnanthes caroliana
Carolina Rose [English]: Rosa carolina
Carolina Rose Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Carolina Rose' ...

atropurpureum Red-leaf Japanese Maple Acer platanoides Norway Maple Acer platanoides 'Columnare' Upright Norway maple Acer platanoides 'Crimson King' Crimson King Norway Maple Acer rubrum Red Maple Acer rubrum 'October Glory' October Glory Red Maple ...

Red Maple Acer rubrum Sugar Maple Acer saccharum Grey Alder Alnus incana River Birch Betula nigra American Beech Fagus grandifolia European Beech F. sylvatica White Ash Fraxinus americana Green Ash F. pennsylvanica Hessei European Ash F.

Many reference books may indicate that red maples are hardy from Zone 2-9. Granted, there may be red maples growing in both areas, but to interchange seed from each area would likely prove disastrous.

Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset' is considered one of the best of all the red maples, especially for its bright red fall colors. In 1966, J.

read more Q: Shopping for red maples got me interested in all the different identification tags nurseries have for red maples and how to understand the differences.

With this cross you get the rapid growth and urban tolerance of the Silver Maple and the good branching and gorgeous red fall color of the Red Maple.

Fastigiate forms of Red Maple exist, and are excellent when used as accents or focal points in the landscape, as foundation trees for tall buildings, ...

not distinguishable from Red Maple.
* Note - Red and Silver Maple often hybridize.
* 53. Red Maple / Acer rubrum
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Trees such as silver and red maple have a plethora of branches, many of which arise at acute angles with adjacent branches.

Japanese and red maples have colorful, delicate young leaves. Poplars and birch produce chenille-like catkins (scaly, often pendulous flowers) that make for unusual arrangements.

The landscape has been designed to evolve throughout the seasons - from a carpet of colourful daisies in the summer to spectacular orange and red maple leaves in the autumn. Other plantings include cypress, echinacea and carnivorous pitcher plants.

only, include white oak (Quercus alba), red maple (Acer rubrum), American holly (Ilex opaca), persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua).

From sea level to 5,600 feet elevation in moist areas along streams and standing water, and on hill and mountain sides. It is found with balsam fir, black spruce, eastern hemlock, quaking aspen, white birch and red maple and not usually in pure ...

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