Acer rubrum

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Acer rubrum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Acer rubrum, Linn. Red, Scarlet or Swamp Maple. Fig. 97. Large tree, 120 ft.: lvs. 3-5-lobed, 3-4 in. long, green above, pale or glaucous beneath; lobes unequally and crenately serrate: fls. red or scarlet, rarely yellowish; petals 5: fr. glabrous. E. N. Amer. S.S. 2:94. Em. 557. G.C. II. 1:173. H.T. 334.—Very valuable tree for street and park planting; attractive at every season from its excellent habit, earliness of the scarlet fls., bright red frs. in late spring, and the beautiful foliage, which turns bright scarlet or orange in autumn. Var. columnare, Rehd. Of upright, columnar habit. Var. globosum, Rehd. Dwarf, compact: lvs. glaucous beneath: fls. bright scarlet. Var. Drummondii, Sarg. (A. Drummondii, Hook. & Arn.) Lvs. large, mostly 3-lobed, tomentose beneath: fr. bright scarlet. Southern states. S.S. 2:95. Var. tomentosum, Kirchn. (A. tomentosum, Desf. A. rubrum var. fulgens, Hort.). Of moderate growth: lvs. 5- lobed, pubescent beneath: fls. bright red. Var. tridens, Wood (A. microphyllum, Pax, A. semiorbiculatum, Pax). Lvs. 3-lobed, rather small, rounded or rarely cuneate at the base, usually pubescent below. On young plants and vigorous shoots, the lvs. are like those of the type. S.S. 13:626. Var. magnificum, Schwerin. Fall-coloring of the lvs. scarlet with green veins. M.D. 1910:1.—The form distributed as var. Schlesingeri, Schwerin, does not differ from the type. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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