Acer rubrum
Red Maple, Soft Maple, Swamp Maple, Canadian maple, Maple, Scarlet Maple, Water Maple, Yellow-throated Warbler, Ꮷꮹꭹ, Aninaatig-miskwaanzo (Zhiishiigimiiwanzh, Cicigîme’wîc), Acer rubrum
Description
Polyennial deciduous tree with an upright habit and dense rounded or oval crown. The Red Maple is widely appreciated for the elegance of its plant architecture as well as for its green foliage that gradually changes to warm, bright colours in its autumn livery. Suitable, as a single specimen or in groups, for medium to large outdoor spaces such as gardens, parks, squares and large flower beds.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Acer
- Species
- Acer rubrum
Synonyms (10)
- Acer coccineum
- Acer fulgens
- Acer glaucum
- Acer hypoleucum
- Acer sanguineum
- Acer semiorbiculatum
- Acer splendens
- Acer tomentosum
- Acer wagneri
- Rufacer rubrum
