Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Brilliant fall color. Tolerates wet feet.
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 40–70 ft
- Spacing
- 30–50 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- red
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~297 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV