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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 ]
Acer circinatum (Vine maple) Acer × freemanii (Freeman's maple) (hybrid red maple × silver maple) Acer ginnala (Amur maple) - introduced; Acer glabrum (Douglas maple) Acer macrophyllum (Bigleaf maple) Acer negundo (Manitoba maple or boxelder) Acer nigrum (Black maple) Acer palmatum (Japanese maple) - introduced; Acer pensylvanicum (Striped maple)
Maples flower in late winter or early spring, in most species with or just after the appearance of the leaves, but in some before the trees leaf out. [8] Maple flowers are green, yellow, orange or red. Though individually small, the effect of an entire tree in flower can be striking in several species.
X Acer pseudoplatanus – sycamore maple, Scottish maple, great maple; N Acer rubrum – red maple, swamp maple, scarlet maple; N Acer saccharinum – silver maple, soft maple, white maple, silverleaf maple, river maple; N Acer saccharum – sugar maple, hard maple; N Acer spicatum – mountain maple; N Acer × freemanii (A. rubrum × A ...
The flowers are white with five small petals, produced in terminal cymes 4–8 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –3 in) in diameter. The fruit is a small red to purple-black drupe 4–8 millimetres (1 ⁄ 8 – 3 ⁄ 8 in) long. The shrub often suckers and can form a colony in time.
The current tree cover (or canopy) in Toronto is estimated to be between 26.6 and 28% [1] and many trees are not native to the city. The city's Urban Forestry Services plants these trees on city property and encourages others in the city to do the same. [2] A partial list of native trees in Toronto: [3]
Kyushu maple; red snakebark maple Aceraceae (maple family) Acer cappadocicum: Cappadocian maple; Caucasian maple; coliseum maple Aceraceae (maple family) Acer carpinifolium: hornbeam-leaved maple Aceraceae (maple family) Acer caudatifolium: Kawakami maple Aceraceae (maple family) Acer caudatum: tail-leaf maple Aceraceae (maple family) Acer ...
It is also the state tree of Rhode Island. The red maple can be considered weedy or even invasive in young, highly disturbed forests, especially frequently logged forests. In a mature or old-growth northern hardwood forest, red maple only has a sparse presence, while shade-tolerant trees such as sugar maples, beeches, and hemlocks thrive. By ...