October Glory® Red Maple Acer rubrum 'PNI 0268' Care of your young maples
Adaptation and Distribution
Red maple is adapted to wet sites where it associates
with black ash, cottonwood, and black gum. Some
forested wetlands are referred to as maple swamps
due to their stands of red maple. However, red maple
is also well adapted to well drained but moist soils of
upland sites where its companions are sugar maple,
beech, black cherry and the birches. This capability
makes this species a common tree in home
landscapes where the fall colors can be displayed.
The range of red maple extends from Florida to the
Maritimes and west to Texas and Minnesota. Red
maple is shade tolerant.