OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Acer rubrum var. drummondii   FAMILY Sapindaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acer rubrum var. drummondii   FAMILY Aceraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Acer rubrum var. drummondii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Acer drummondii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Acer rubrum var. drummondii

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Acer rubrum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 115-01-004?:

Acer rubrum   FAMILY Aceraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rufacer drummondii

 

COMMON NAME:
Drummond’s Maple, Swamp Red Maple, Drummond’s Red Maple


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image of Acer rubrum var. drummondii, Drummond’s Maple, Swamp Red Maple, Drummond’s Red Maple

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_730

        

image of Acer rubrum var. drummondii, Drummond’s Maple, Swamp Red Maple, Drummond’s Red Maple

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_acdr_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Acer rubrum var. drummondii   FAMILY Sapindaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acer rubrum var. drummondii   FAMILY Aceraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Acer rubrum var. drummondii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Acer drummondii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Acer rubrum var. drummondii

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Acer rubrum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 115-01-004?:
Acer rubrum   FAMILY Aceraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rufacer drummondii

 

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4518

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious, dioecious, or polygamous

Habitat: swamps and floodplains, often in deeply flooded situations, per Weakley's Flora

map
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Red (sometimes yellow)
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
Unisexual or bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Red
Schizocarp composed of two 1-seeded samaras

 

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