Red Maple
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| Scientific Name: | Acer rubrum |
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NOTES: Among the earliest blooming trees, often flowering in late winter. Winged, paired seeds, called samaras, spin to the ground like tiny helicopters. Polygamo-dioecious: mostly dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants) but with either a few flowers of the opposite sex or a few bisexual flowers on the same plant. MADBUCK.
MADBUCK: Maple, Ash, Dogwood, and Buckeye) acronym for Ohio's four native trees with opposite leaves/branching.
