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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 ...
A green leaf is green because of the presence of a pigment known as chlorophyll, which is inside an organelle called a chloroplast.When abundant in the leaf's cells, as during the growing season, the chlorophyll's green color dominates and masks out the colors of any other pigments that may be present in the leaf.
Acer × freemanii Murray (A. rubrum × A. saccharinum) Acer × hillieri Lancaster (A. miyabei × A. cappadocicum 'Aureum') Acer × martinii Jordan (A. monspessulanum × A. opalus) Acer × pseudo-heldreichii Fukarek & Celjo (A. pseudoplatanus × A. heldreichii) Acer × ramosum Jordan (A. monspessulanum × A. opalus)
Native ash species, including white ash (pictured), have been declining rapidly this century due to predation by the emerald ash borer. [1]Silvics of North America (1991), [2] [3] a forest inventory compiled and published by the United States Forest Service, includes many hardwood trees.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is making good on his threats to go after the media in court, with several recent lawsuits seeking damages against major publishers over what he describes as ...
Acer rubrum: red maple Aceraceae (maple family) 316 Acer rufinerve: ... cow itch tree; primrose tree; Norfolk Island hibiscus; pyramid tree Malvaceae (mallow family)