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Greenwood Cabins

Red Cabin in the Pines

  Guide to the Common Trees of Pennsylvania

Trees | Glossary | Visual Guide | Leaf Parts, Types, & Position

Red Maple
(Wide & Flat: Opposite Arrangement)
Found throughout Pennsylvania in a wide variety of habitats, typically reaching 50' high, it grows best in wet soils, sometimes over 100'. Also known as Soft maple because its wood is not as hard as Sugar maple, this is an excellent ornamental tree. Young trees are heavily browsed by deer and rabbits; rodents consume the seeds.

Red Maple
Acer rubrum L.
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Leaves
Opposite, simple, with 3-5 shallow lobes, coarsely toothed, light green above, pale green to whitish beneath, turning brilliant red or orange in autumn.
Twigs
Slender, glossy, at first green, later red.
Fruit
Wings usually less than 1" long, spreading at a narrow angle, red to brown, maturing in May or June.
Bark
Smooth and light gray on young trunks and branches, older trunks darker, shaggy and roughened with long, irregular peeling flakes.

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Needle-Shaped or Linear

  

Wide & Flat: Opposite Arrangement

Wide and Flat: Alternate Arrangement

Information courtesy of:
PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
 
 

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