Family: Aceraceae
Scientific Name: Acer rubrum Franksred
Common Name: Red Sunset Maple
| Description | One of the best and dependable of the red to red orange fall color Maples. |
| Pronunciation | {AY-ser)(ROO-brum) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average, moist |
| Flowers | red buds, red to red orange flowers |
| Fruit | red samaras (winged fruit) |
| Leaves | glossy green leaves 3-5 lobed, brilliant red fall color, red petioles, |
| Stems | red twigs, smooth silver gray trunk |
| Dimensions | 40-60 feet tall, oval crown, grows faster than Sugar Maples but slower than Silver Maples |
| Misc Facts | Introduced in 1966 by J. Frank Schmidt & Son Company from in Boring Oregon (USA). |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |
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