Red Maple Acer Rubrum

Brandon MackPeriod 1

Range

• Red Maples are located in North America • Also there are some in Japan

Tree Facts

• Growing RateModerate to Rapid or 4.5

• Height Grow to be 40 to 60 feet

Characteristics

• Tree typeDeciduous• Leaf Description2 to 5" opposite, simple leaf with 3 to 5 lobes; often triangular shape; variability fall color from tree to tree - yellow, yellow-green, orange to red • Fruit/FlowerSmall red flowers in dense clusters in late winter to early spring

• Kingdom • Plantae – Plants • Subkingdom • Tracheobionta – Vascular plants • Superdivision • Spermatophyta – Seed plants • Division • Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants • Class• Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons • Subclass• Rosidae • Order• Sapindales • Family • Aceraceae – Maple family • Genus Acer L. – maple • Species Acer rubrum L. – red maple

Classification

My Field Work

The Red Maple I found was 155 inches tall and 4¼ years old.The Red Maple I found was 3 inches in circumference.

Art Connection

By: John Williams

Works Cited "Dendrology at Virginia Tech." VT Forest

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Trees of North America. New York City: Western Publishing Company, 1968. Print.

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