Sapindaceae

Red maple

Acer rubrum L.

Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer

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Red maple (Acer rubrum) — FlowerPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (41)

Arabic: قيقب أحمر
Armenian: Կարմիր թխկի
arz: قيقب احمر
Asturian: Pládanu bermeyu
atj: Miko irinatikw
Azerbaijani: Qırmızı ağcaqayın
Bangla: লাল ম্যাপেল
Basque: Astigar gorri
Belarusian: Клён чырвоны
Bulgarian: Червен клен, Червен явор
Cherokee: ᏧᏩᎩ
Chinese: 北美紅楓, 紅花槭, 红枫, 红花槭, 水枫
Croatian: Crveni javor
Czech: Javor červený
Danish: Rød Løn, Rød-Løn
Dutch: Rode esdoorn, Canadese esdoorn
English: Red maple, Swamp maple, Soft maple, Water maple, Drummond red maple, Drummond's maple, Swamp red maple
Estonian: Punane vaher
Finnish: Punavaahtera
French: Érable rouge, Plaine, Plaine rouge, Érable de Virginie, Érable du Canada
Galician: Pradairo vermello, Pradairo do Canadá, Pradairo rubio, Pradairo vermello americano
German: Rot-Ahorn, Rotahorn
Hebrew: אדר אדום
hsb: Čerwjeny klon
Hungarian: Vörös juhar
Icelandic: Reyðarhlynur
Japanese: レッドメイプル, アメリカハナノキ
Latvian: Sarkanā kļava
Lithuanian: Raudonasis klevas
Macedonian: Црвен јавор
Malayalam: ഏസർ രുബ്രം, മൃദു മേപ്പിൾ, റെഡ് മേപ്പിൾ
Norwegian Bokmål: Rødlønn
Persian: افرای قرمز
Polish: Klon czerwony
Russian: Клён красный, Клен красный, Красный клен, Красный клён
Serbian: Црвени јавор
Spanish: Arce rojo, Arce rojo americano
szl: Czerwōny klōn
Turkish: Kırmızı akçaağaç
Ukrainian: Клен червоний, Червоний клен
Vietnamese: Phong hoa đỏ

Synonyms

Acer carolinianum Walter
Acer coccineum F.Michx.
Acer drummondii Hook. & Arn.
Acer drummondii Hook. & Arn. ex Nutt.
Acer fulgens Dippel
Acer glaucum Marshall
Acer glaucum K.Koch
Acer hypoleucum K.Koch
Acer microphyllum Pax
Acer rubrum f. breviramusculum Vict.
Acer rubrum f. clausum (Pax) Schwer.
Acer rubrum f. columnare (Rehder) Dans.
Acer rubrum f. drummondii (Hook. & Arn. ex Nutt.) Schwer.
Acer rubrum f. microphyllum (Wesm.) Schwer.
Acer rubrum f. pallidiflorum (K.Koch ex Pax) Fernald
Acer rubrum f. palmatum Schwer.
Acer rubrum f. pendulum (Van Houtte) Schwer.
Acer rubrum f. rotundata Sarg.
Acer rubrum f. rubrum
Acer rubrum f. sanguineum (Spach) Lavallée
Acer rubrum f. semiorbiculatum (Pax) Schwer.
Acer rubrum f. tomentosum (Tausch) Dans.
Acer rubrum f. tridens (Alph.Wood) B.Boivin
Acer rubrum f. viride (Detmers) A.E.Murray
Acer rubrum f. wagneri K.Koch
Acer rubrum subsp. carolinianum (Walter) W.Stone
Acer rubrum subsp. drummondii (Hook. & Arn. ex Nutt.) A.E.Murray
Acer rubrum subsp. microphyllum Wesm.
Acer rubrum subsp. semiorbiculatum (Pax) Wesm.
Acer rubrum subsp. tomentosum (Tausch) Pax
Acer rubrum var. clausum Pax
Acer rubrum var. coccineum Aiton
Acer rubrum var. columnare Rehder
Acer rubrum var. drummondii (Hook. & Arn. ex Nutt.) Sarg.
Acer rubrum var. eurubrum Pax
Acer rubrum var. globosum Rehder
Acer rubrum var. intermedium Lodd. ex Loudon
Acer rubrum var. latifolium Schwer.
Acer rubrum var. pallidiflorum K.Koch ex Pax
Acer rubrum var. pallidum Aiton

and 17 more.

Flowers

In flower: February to April (from 2,227 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: red (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: cft, CC0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ftlombardo, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Teja Chatty, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Kent P. McFarland, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Akshay Galande, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Liz Horn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.