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Red maple (Acer rubrum)

  • SCIENTIFIC NAME: Acer rubrum
  • PLANT TYPE: Tree
  • SCIENTIFIC NAME PRONUNCIATION: (AY-ser ROO-brum)
  • TAGS: Plant Tags: deciduous and fall color. Plant Types: Tree.

Red maple has nice fall color; flowers are somewhat showy in late winter to early spring; good shade tree; tolerates some air pollution; grows in most soil types and moisture levels; a number of cultivars are available in the nursery trade (such as ‘October Glory’). Best in moist, fertile, loamy soils but also grows in dry, rocky, upland...
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