Horticulture
Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
Function(s) |
Deciduous |
mature height & width
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Height from 50-60 feet and Width 30 - 40 |
Growth rate |
Moderate = 12-24 inches per year |
Growing regions
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Statewide View a map of SC regions specific to this website >> |
Hardniness zones |
USDA 4-9; AHS 2-10 |
Sunlight |
Full sun |
Soil drainage |
fair |
Ornamental features |
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Leaves: |
green; opposite, broad, primarily 3-lobed |
Fall Leaves: |
red |
Flowers: |
early spring; red; small flowers with reduce petals |
Fruit: |
red fading to tan; not edible |
Stems: |
olive green to brown stems with smooth bark; Not considered ornamental |
Bark: |
medium gray becoming fissured with age; Not considered ornamental |
Pest concerns |
scale insects, stem borers, leaf spot diseases |
Cultivar(s) |
Autumn Blaze, October Glory, Red Sunset, Summer Red |
Origin |
USA and Canada; In US: Eastern US west to Minnesota down to Texas |
Recommend reading |
Manual of Woody Landscape Plants; Michael Dirr; Stipes, 1990 Hutchinson's Tree Book; Bob Head, Hutchinson, 2006 |
Comments |
Will become stressed in compacted urban soils. many surface roots develop with time. |
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