Red maple seedling

Acer rubrum

Description:

Very short plant near a rose bush. Basically a straggler that snuck into a cultivated plant's pot. It's also known as swamp maple or soft maple. It has the potential to easily reach 100 feet in height and provides excellent foliage (a delight for fall hikers).

Habitat:

Grows all over the northeastern US.

Species ID Suggestions

4 Comments

mauna Kunzah 5 years ago

Hi Tukup. It is definitely a red maple seedling. Nice work! Thank you. One less unidentified spotting.

Tukup 5 years ago

Hi Mauna. Taking off on Lois' suggestion of a Maple, it looks like it might be a Red Maple seedling, comparing the leaves with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_rubru...

mauna Kunzah 11 years ago

Thanks, Lois! I think it might be a seedling that sprouted due to my neighbor's tree.

LoisStacey 11 years ago

No. It doesn't look like any poison ivy I've seen although poison ivy leaf shape is variable. It actually looks like some type of tree seedling to me, possibly a maple.