Fruit – ½ to ¾ inch samaras with slightly divergent wings; mature in late spring to early summer. Bark – Gray scaly plates, variable, and often with “targets.” Red Maple (Acer Rubrum), is also known ...

Occasionally, they produce fruit in pairs of semi-diverged ... Autumn blaze maple also exhibits growth rates up to four times faster than that of red maple, further increasing its appeal as a tree for ...