Putnam Park Wildflowers


Flower ID: IMG_0166.JPG-05-06-2022
Flower name (scientific): Acer rubrum Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) AY-ser ROO-brum
Flower name (common): Red Maple
Family name (common): Soapberry
Family name (scientific): Sapindaceae
Scientific name origin:
     Genus: Latin name for maple. Also the Latin meaning sharp, either a reference to its use in making spears or to the leaf shape.
    Specific epithet: Latin for red, the color of both the flowers and often the fall leaves.
Common name origin: Red for the color of the flowers, twigs, and the fall foliage, and maple derived from old English mapel (and other spelling variations), for a group of small Eurasian trees having three to five-lobed palmate leaves.
Flower description:
     Size: 0.1 to 0.2 inches ( 0.3 to 0.5 cm)
     Petal count: 5
     Color: red
     Other: flower arrangement, Cluster-spherical
Plant description:
     Size: 240 to 600 inches ( 610. to 1524. cm)
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Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is simple and lobed
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     Other: Shape: leaf, palmately lobed (3 lobes less often 5 lobes).
Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native
Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common
Bloom time (typical): April to May
Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial
Habitat: Swamps, wet woodlands, shores of rivers and lakes, sun.
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Ethnobotany: The Ojibwe utilized the bark to prepare a treatment for sore eyes (Smith, pp. 353, 1932).
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Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map
In US: (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map
In Canada: (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC) Click here for distribution map
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Autonym: na
Wetland Status (NC): FAC
Wetland Status (MW): FAC