RED MAPLEAcer rubrum L.

Classification Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom

Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Rosidae Order Sapindales Family Aceraceae – Maple family Genus Acer L. – maple Species Acer rubrum L. – red maple

Shape, Form, Type Medium sized tree Up to 90 feet in forests and trunk is clear

to grow distance In the open the trunk is shorter and the

crown rounded

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Bark smooth and light gray with age becomes darker and breaks up

into long, fine scaly plates.

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Twig Reddish with small lenticels leaf scars V-shaped 3 bundle scars, lateral buds slightly

stalked, may be collateral buds present.

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Leaf Opposite, simple, 3 to 5 palmate lobes

with serrated margin 2 to 4 inches long; green above, whitened and sometimes

hairy beneath.

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Bud buds usually blunt, green or reddish

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Flower Small hanging clusters usually bright red but sometimes yellow appear in early spring, before leaves

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Fruit Clusters of 1/2 to 3/4 inch long samaras

with slighly divergent wings, on long slender stems. Light brown and often reddish, ripen in late spring and early summer.

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Habitat and Range

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Uses

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Figures 1-15: Virginia tech. (6, 24 2010). Retrieved

from http://www.cnr.vt.edu/DENDRO/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=80

Figure 16: Usda plant. (6, 24 2010). Retrieved from

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACSA2