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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 ...
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: 1 5 no feral major but temperature usually too cold T Red maple [2] Acer rubrum: 1 5 no feral major but temperature usually too cold for bees to fly T Ohio buckeye [3] Aesculus glabra: 4 5 no feral minor S Shadbush: Amelanchier arborea: 4 5 no feral minor, or major depending on location and weather. S, T Devil's walkingstick: Aralia ...
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 × 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)
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, Freeman maple or Freeman's maple, is a naturally occurring hybrid maple that is the result of a cross between Acer rubrum (red maple) and Acer saccharinum (silver maple). Wild specimens are found in eastern North America where the parent species overlap.
Acer glabrum is a species of maple native to western North America, from southeastern Alaska, British Columbia and western Alberta, east to western Nebraska, and south through Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Colorado to California, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico.