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scarlet maple

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Noun1.scarlet maple - maple of eastern and central Americascarlet maple - maple of eastern and central America; five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn
maple - any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone


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It is the state tree of Rhode Island and known by other names, including: scarlet maple, soft maple, swamp maple, water maple and shoe-pet maple.
quot; Near Mobile, Alabama, Bartram reported seeing in the year, 1773, "the forests, consist chiefly of Oak, Hiccory, (hickory) Ash, Sour Gum, (Nyssa sylvatica) Sweet Gum (Liquidamber styraciflua,) Beech, Mulberry, scarlet Maple, Black Walnut, Dogwood, Cornus Florida, Aescullus Pavia, Prunus Indica, Ptelea, and an Abundance of Chestnut, (Fagus castanea) on the hills with Pinus taeda and Pinus lutea.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Family Name Acer rubrum of the Family Aceraceae Common Names Red maple, scarlet maple, shoe-pet maple, soft maple, swamp maple and water maple.
 
 
 
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