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§1 Plant

Acer rubrum L.

vernacular red maple — species · Aceraceae

USDA
ACRU
GBIF
3189883
Rank
species
red maple (Acer rubrum)
Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Aceraceae Juss.
Genus
Acer
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,511 counties across 33 states/territories
Legend Native · 1511 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
High
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-47 °F minimum
Frost-free days
80 min.
Precipitation
25–80 in/yr
pH range
4.7–7.3
Root depth
30 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
68 ft
Height @ 20 y
35 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Red
Fruit colour
Red
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
Slight
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Spring
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
22,720
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
Yes
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
Yes
Fuelwood
Medium
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,511 counties across 33 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 67 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 75 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 58 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 74 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 42 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 71 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 98 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 64 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 74 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 34 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 75 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 58 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 39 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 86 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 87 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 67 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 35 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 69 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 30 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 100 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 52 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 58 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ACRU ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3189883 ↗

Record version

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