red maple
noun
: a common tree (Acer rubrum) of eastern and central North America that grows chiefly in moist soils, has reddish twigs and flowers, and yields a lighter and softer wood than the sugar maple
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There’s no guarantee, but some plants are less likely to be damaged by Japanese beetles, such as red maple, boxwood, flowering dogwood, holly, magnolia, some types of oaks and most evergreens.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
Huge boulders — referred to as glacial erratics that were carried by glaciers during the last Ice Age — dot the landscape that’s forested with red maple, spruce and Canadian hemlock.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
My red maple tree is opening its buds and starting growth.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2025
Varieties include bottlebrush, red maple and pink crape myrtle.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
Huge boulders — referred to as glacial erratics that were carried by glaciers during the last Ice Age — dot the landscape that’s forested with red maple, spruce and Canadian hemlock.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
My red maple tree is opening its buds and starting growth.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2025
Varieties include bottlebrush, red maple and pink crape myrtle.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Red maple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20maple. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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