Acer rubrum L.

  • Family

    Sapindaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Acer rubrum L.

  • Common Names

    red maple

  • Description

    Description: Tree to 35 m; winter buds with 6-10 imbricate scales; young twigs red; lves sharply but shallowly lobed, coarsely double serrate, or with a few minor lobes, acute or short-acuminate and, ± pubescent beneath when young; functionally dioecious; fls generally red, unisexual, short-pedicellata in fasicles from a cluster of lateral buds, opening much before the leaves; sepals oblong, distinct, 1 mm, the pet a litter narrower and longer, oblong-linear; ovary glabrous; mericarps mostly 2-4 cm;

    Common names: Red maple

    Origen: Native.

    Distribution: Nf. to se.Man., s. to Fla. and e. Texas, but missing from Io.

    Ecology: Swamps, alluvial soils and moist uplands, often as a succesional tree.

    Notes: The fall foliage of this species is bright red. It is one of ther first tree species to change leaf color in the fall.

  • Floras and Monographs

    Acer rubrum L.: [Book] Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.