Acer rubrum or the Red Maple is a tall straight trunked tree with elegant lines and beautifully lobed and veined matt green leaves.
Its bark is grey, thin and smooth, becoming fissured into long thin scaly ridges.
As with most maples it will turn fantastic shades of scarlet and gold in autumn before shedding its leaves for winter.
It prefers a cooler climate where it will provide spectacular displays of colour in autumn, though in warmer climes the colours will be more muted.