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PLANTS

Red maple

Acer rubrum

Plants
ToxicNativeTreePerennialRed flowers
Red maple, photo 1 of 5
Red maple, In flower
Red maple, In fruit
20.7 mHeight
100–200 yearsLifespan

Toxic. Perennial tree reaching 20.7 m. Grows in forests and near water.

There are 107,502 observations of Red maple in Québec, mostly in Outaouais, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Laurentides, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in August and September and become rare from November to March.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Outaouais20,143
  2. Abitibi-Témiscamingue13,369
  3. Laurentides9,761
  4. Bas-Saint-Laurent9,567
  5. Mauricie9,305
  6. Chaudière-Appalaches9,249
  7. Lanaudière6,940
  8. Estrie6,875
  9. Capitale-Nationale5,758
  10. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine4,954
  11. Centre-du-Québec4,079
  12. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2,864
  13. Montérégie2,717
  14. Côte-Nord1,695
  15. Montréal197
  16. Laval27
  17. Nord-du-Québec2

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
Water’s edgepeupleloup
Towns and gardensAlain Rouiller

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Sugar mapleAcer saccharum
Norway mapleAcer platanoides
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Moose mapleAcer spicatum
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Japanese mapleAcer palmatum
Amur mapleAcer ginnala
Black sugar mapleAcer nigrum
Ash-leaf mapleAcer negundo
MoosewoodAcer pensylvanicum
SycamorePlatanus occidentalis
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