Plant
Red maple
Acer rubrum
One of the most-common and most-adaptable native trees in eastern North America — and one of the most-common canopy trees on Staten Island. Tolerates a wide range of soils from dry uplands to saturated swamps. Brilliant red fall color, red flowers in early spring, red samara seeds. Found across the Greenbelt, in residential plantings, and in the borough's wetland forests.
Scientific
Acer rubrum is a 50–80 ft deciduous tree. Among the most generalist native trees in eastern North America — tolerates dry uplands, mesic forest, and saturated swamps. Among the first trees to flower in early spring (small clusters of red flowers, often in February or March). Brilliant red fall foliage. Wind-dispersed paired samaras.
Red maple has expanded its range and dominance over the past century, partly because of fire suppression — the species is fire-sensitive and benefits when fires don’t periodically reset forest succession.
On Staten Island
Common across the borough’s forest types — Greenbelt interior, swamp forest, residential plantings. Often the most-conspicuous tree in early spring (red flowers high in canopy) and again in mid-fall (red leaves). The species’ adaptability makes it almost ubiquitous in NYC parkland.
See also
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- Produces: [[firewood]]
- Member of: [[plants]]
- Contained by: [[staten-island]]
Sources
- USDA Forest Service Silvics of North America: red maple
- [[beacon-ny|New York]] Natural Heritage Program forest documentation
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