 (3).thumb.jpg "Young fruit of Acer rubrum. Photo by M. Rothman.")
Filed As:
Sapindaceae
Acer rubrum L.
Sapindaceae
Acer rubrum L.
Common Names:
red maple
red maple
Location:
United States of America. New York. Westchester Co. Main entrance to the Westchester Wilderness Walk/Zofnass Family Preserve on Upper Shad Road, Town of Pound Ridge. Alt. 126m. (413 ft.)
United States of America. New York. Westchester Co. Main entrance to the Westchester Wilderness Walk/Zofnass Family Preserve on Upper Shad Road, Town of Pound Ridge. Alt. 126m. (413 ft.)
Description:
Small tree, 12 m x 15 cm. Bark vertically fissured. Leaves flushing, opposite, simple, the margins lobed. Flowers bisexual, staminate, or pistillate. Inflorescences fasiculate,the pedicles arching downward; sepals 5, petals 5, same color, the sepals appear outside and are narrower than the petals; ovary superior, 2-seeded, with lateral wings beginning to develop, the stigma bifid to base, exserted; 5 separate nectaries at base of ovary.
Small tree, 12 m x 15 cm. Bark vertically fissured. Leaves flushing, opposite, simple, the margins lobed. Flowers bisexual, staminate, or pistillate. Inflorescences fasiculate,the pedicles arching downward; sepals 5, petals 5, same color, the sepals appear outside and are narrower than the petals; ovary superior, 2-seeded, with lateral wings beginning to develop, the stigma bifid to base, exserted; 5 separate nectaries at base of ovary.
Habitat:
Deciduous forest inside rock wall.
Deciduous forest inside rock wall.
Other:
Specimen Notes: no specimens, images only.
Specimen Notes: no specimens, images only.
Identifiers:
GUID: 3ab1881e-64be-4b76-b7ba-af39eb08b12a
GUID: 3ab1881e-64be-4b76-b7ba-af39eb08b12a
Map:
Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (41.1758, -73.5995)
Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (41.1758, -73.5995)