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Acer rubrum, the red maple, also known as swamp maple, water maple, or soft maple, is one of the most common and widespread deciduous trees of eastern and central North America. The U.S. Forest Service recognizes it as the most abundant native tree in eastern North America. [ 4 ]
The maples belong to the genus Acer, an important group of mainly deciduous trees and shrubs in the family Sapindaceae, which are widely cultivated throughout the temperate northern hemisphere. Some, such as Acer griseum , have ornamental bark; but most are valued in cultivation for their brilliant autumn foliage in shades of yellow, orange and ...
Maple species, such as Acer rubrum, may be monoecious, dioecious or polygamodioecious. The flowers are regular, pentamerous , and borne in racemes , corymbs , or umbels . They have four or five sepals , four or five petals about 1–6 mm long (absent in some species), four to ten stamens about 6–10 mm long, and two pistils or a pistil with ...
Acer × conspicuum van Gelderen & Otterdoom (A. davidii × A. pensylvanicum) Acer × coriaceum Bosc ex Tausch (A. monspessulanum × A. opalus ssp. obtusatum) Acer × dieckii van Gelderen & Otterdoom See A. platanoides [20] Acer × freemanii Murray (A. rubrum × A. saccharinum) Acer × hillieri Lancaster (A. miyabei × A. cappadocicum 'Aureum')
A list of tree species, grouped generally by biogeographic realm and specifically by bioregions, and shade tolerance. Shade-tolerant species are species that are able to thrive in the shade, and in the presence of natural competition by other plants.
Acer rubrum: red maple Aceraceae (maple family) 316 Acer rufinerve: ... cow itch tree; primrose tree; Norfolk Island hibiscus; pyramid tree Malvaceae (mallow family)
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Carotenoids are the dominant pigment in coloration of about 15–30% of tree species. [ 6 ] Autumn leaf color is a phenomenon that affects the normally green leaves of many deciduous trees and shrubs by which they take on, during a few weeks in the autumn season, various shades of yellow, orange, red, purple, and brown.