Florida Red Maple, Acer rubrum
photo by Peg Urban
photo by Mary Keim
“Excellent specimen tree, especially for moist sites. Beautiful in lawns and parks. Particularly useful along moist highway and road shoulders and for providing cover around retention ponds, drainage swales, canal banks, and parking lots. Allow plenty of room for growth. Excellent fall color.” Florida’s Best Native Landscape Plants 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals, by Gil Nelson, 2003, University Press of Florida, Page 8