Aceraceae

Acer rubrum

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Photo source: http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/detail.php?pid=13
Photo source: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~bot356/species/species/a_eSpecie/AcerRubr.html
Photo source: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~bot356/species/species/a_eSpecie/AcerRubr.html

NAMING

Scientific Name: Acer rubrum
Family: Aceraceae
Common: red maple

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: Low floodplains, middle dry/wet, dry rocky areas
Range: Canada – > FL -> TX

TREE TRUNK

Size: Up to 90ft tall
Bark: light gray
Twigs: medium gray

LEAVES

Leaf arrangement: opposite
Leaf type: simple
Leaf margin: entire to serrated
Leaf shape: lobed
Leaf blade length: 2 to 4 inches long
Leaf venation: palmate
Leaf color: duller green above, silverish below
Leaf persistence: deciduous

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: show red
Fruit: semara pairs

USES

Wildlife – leaves grazed on

Commercial – timber species for furniture, used for pulp wood, fuel, and an ornamental

TOLERANCES

Shade – Yes
Salt – No
Fire – No
Drought – High
Flood – High

Acer barbatum

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Photo source: http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=337
Photo source: http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=337
Photo source: http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=337

NAMING

Scientific Name: Acer barbatum
Family: Aceraceae
Common: Florida maple

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: Upland coastal
Range: Virginia -> FL -> TX

TREE TRUNK

Size: Up to 60ft tall
Bark: Smooth when young, furrows with maturity
Twigs: smooth, green

LEAVES

Leaf arrangement: opposite
Leaf type: simple
Leaf margin: *entire margins between the sinuses
Leaf shape: palmately lobed (squared rather than pointed)
Leaf blade length: 2 to 4 inches long
Leaf venation: palmate
Leaf color: green
Leaf persistence: deciduous

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: inconspicuous
Fruit: semara pairs

USES

Wildlife – small mammals and birds eat the seeds

Commercial – used for flooring and veneers, planted as an ornamental

TOLERANCES

Shade – Yes
Salt – No
Fire – No
Drought – Low
Flood – No

Acer negundo

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Photo source: http://www.coloradotrees.org/feature_trees/boxelder_sens.php
Photo source: http://www.coloradotrees.org/feature_trees/boxelder_sens.php
Photo source: https://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/aceneg01.htm

NAMING

Scientific Name: Acer negundo
Family: Aceraceae
Common: boxelder

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: Rivers, creeks, edges of swamps
Range: All over North America

TREE TRUNK

Size: Up to 60ft tall
Bark: Thin, brown and grey (very green when branches are young)
Twigs: Green with a glaucous sheen

LEAVES

Leaf arrangement: opposite
Leaf type: odd-pinnately compound, trifoliate
Leaf margin: serrated to dentate
Leaf shape: lobed
Leaf blade length: 2 to 4 inches long
Leaf venation: pinnate, reticulate
Leaf color: scatter pubescence
Leaf persistence: deciduous

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: inconspicuous
Fruit: semara pairs

USES

Wildlife – small mammals and birds eat the seeds

Commercial – little pulp use

TOLERANCES

Shade – Yes
Salt – No
Fire – No
Drought – High
Flood – Med