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Red Maple Acer R ubrum

Red Maple Acer R ubrum. Brandon Mack Period 1. Range. Red Maples are located in North America Also there are some in Japan. Tree Facts. Growing Rate Moderate to Rapid or 4.5 Height Grow to be 40 to 60 feet. Characteristics. Tree type Deciduous Leaf Description

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Red Maple Acer R ubrum

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  1. Red Maple Acer Rubrum Brandon Mack Period 1

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

  3. Tree Facts • Growing Rate • Moderate to Rapid or 4.5 • Height • Grow to be 40 to 60 feet

  4. Characteristics • Tree type • Deciduous • Leaf Description • 2 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/Flower • Small red flowers in dense clusters in late winter to early spring

  5. Classification • 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

  6. 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.

  7. Art Connection By: John Williams

  8. Works Cited • "Dendrology at Virginia Tech." VT Forest Biology and Dendrology. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2011. <http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/factsheets.cfm>. • Fall Color and Woodland Harvests. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Laurel Hill Press, 1990. Print. • "Trees -- identification guide -- Discover Life." Discover Life. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2011. <http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Trees>. • Trees of North America. New York City: Western Publishing Company, 1968. Print. • MLA formatting by BibMe.org.

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