Red maple (Acer rubrum) is one of the most common native trees in eastern ... The buds, flowers, emerging leaves and twig stems are red. Even the fruit, the two-winged samara nicknamed “spinners,” are ...

The growth rate of Acer rubrum is fairly quick ... Deer love to snack on the tender shoots and leaves of red maple trees—especially after fall temperatures and trapped sugars in the leaves ...

Red maple (Acer rubrum) flowers before its leaf buds break. Some trees bear only male flowers like the ones above, producing no seeds, some only female flowers, and some are monoecious ...

Red maple (Acer rubrum) is one of the most common native trees in eastern North America. Often called swamp maple, it thrives in wet areas such as bog edges and wetland margins. For this reason, it’s ...