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) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is simple and lobed Size: Color: Hairy: 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. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Ethnobotany: The Ojibwe utilized the bark to prepare a treatment for sore eyes (Smith, pp. 353, 1932). Latitude: Longitude: Altitude: 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 References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): FAC Wetland Status (MW): FAC