{"id":980,"date":"2014-09-16T18:28:05","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T18:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/?page_id=980"},"modified":"2014-11-14T18:54:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T18:54:15","slug":"red-maple","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/red-maple\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Maple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Red Maple <em>(Acer rubrum)<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/acer_rubrum.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239\" style=\"display:block; float:left; padding-right:2%; overflow:hidden; min-width:40%; max-width:100%; vertical-align: text-top;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/acer_rubrum.jpg\" alt=\"Red Maple (Acer rubrum)\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><strong>Also known as:<\/strong> swamp maple<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/tree.gif\" alt=\"tree\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/forest.gif\" alt=\"forest\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bloom time: <\/strong>March &#8211; April<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional photos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left:5%; overflow:hidden;\">\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/acer_rubrum_before_bloom.jpg\">Acer rubrum before bloom showing male flowers <\/a><br \/>credit: Madonna Bishop<\/li>\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/acer_rubrum_first_bloom.jpg\">Acer rubrum first bloom <\/a><br \/>credit: Madonna Bishop<\/li>\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/acer_rubrum_leafing.jpg\">Acer rubrum leafing <\/a><br \/>credit: Rowena Hopkins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left:5%; overflow:hidden;\">\n<li>Small to medium-sized deciduous tree with grey bark, which is scaly on older trees.<\/li>\n<li>Flowers appear before the leaves, as opposed to sugar maple where flowers appear as the leaves emerge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leaves &amp; Twigs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twigs are slender, shiny and dark red with whitish dots.<\/li>\n<li>Leaf buds are rounded, dark red-wine in colour.<\/li>\n<li>Leaves are red-tinged in spring, green in summer and bright red in fall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Flowers &#038; Fruits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flowers emerge from dark red buds in early spring and form dense, short-stalked clusters.<\/li>\n<li>Male and female flowers usually grow on different branches of the same tree, but they can appear on separate trees.<\/li>\n<li>Male flowers are red, while female flowers are yellowish green.<\/li>\n<li>Note: Observe only the male flowers for PlantWatch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>These trees are often found in swamps and in moist soils. Moderately shade-tolerant, they also thrive in drier habitats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PlantWatch Pointers: <\/strong>Tag a typical tree for observation.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>To Observe:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First bloom: when the first male flowers are open on the observed tree (3 places).<\/li>\n<li>Mid bloom: when 50% of the flowers are open on the observed tree.<\/li>\n<li>Leafing: when the first leaves push out of the bud and unfold completely (3 places).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Distribution Map:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/acer_rubrum_map.jpg\" alt=\"Distribution Map\" width=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <strong>This species is monitored in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Brunswick<\/li>\n<li>Newfoundland and Labrador<\/li>\n<li>Nova Scotia<\/li>\n<li>Ontario<\/li>\n<li>Prince Edward Island<\/li>\n<li>Quebec<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 2% 5%; padding: 1%; border-left: 5px solid #fdb714; background-color: #ff8200; float: left; width: 90%; color: #fff; font-style:italic;\"><p>Red maple bark once was used to make dark red, brown, or black dyes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Maple (Acer rubrum) Also known as: swamp maple Bloom time: March &#8211; April Additional photos: Acer rubrum before bloom showing male flowers credit: Madonna Bishop Acer rubrum first bloom credit: Madonna Bishop Acer rubrum leafing credit: Rowena Hopkins General:&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-980","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Red Maple - PlantWatch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/red-maple\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red Maple - PlantWatch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Red Maple (Acer rubrum) Also known as: swamp maple Bloom time: March &#8211; 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