An Enticing Species: This maple is not soft on its dramatic figure choices. Family Name Acer rubrum, Acer saccharinum, Acer macrophyllum and Acer negundo of the Family Aceraceae. Common Names Red maple, silver maple, Pacific maple, Oregon maple, bigleaf maple

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