Red Maple

Common Name: Red Maple

Scientific (Latin) Name: Acer rubrum

French name: Erable rouge

Leaf description

They are red when they start to open in the spring, there green normally in the summer and go yellow, red, or orange in the fall. Red means done and pink means it's being done.

Bark description

The bark is a light grey and smooth when the tree is small. As the tree grows the bark gets darker and separates into flaky bits. The twigs of the red maple are reddish in color and somewhat shiny with small lenticels.The leaves are arranged oppositely on a twig.

Branch arrangement

(opposite or alternate): They are opposite.

What plants Red Maples grow well around

Red maples trees grow well around Tulips, daffodils, snow, grape hyacinths.

What Red Maple trees need to thrive

Red maples trees need moist soil lots of sunlight and a bit of shade to thrive.

What nutrition do Red Maples give to animals

Squirrels eat the fruits and nuts of the Red maple and deer and rabbits eat the bark and leaves.

Are red maple native to north america

In fact Red Maples are native to north america, there are 150 species of maple trees and only 10 of them are native to north america.

How big Red Maple get

Red maples can grow up to 25 meters tall or 82 feet.

Red Maples traditional uses

Red maples were used by early settlers to make red dye.