This is another very abundant tree in my forest with plenty of specimens on the ridges, valleys, and stream sides. The leaves are variable in size and shape, sometimes three lobed, sometimes five, but always have a serrated edge (which distinguishes them from those of the Sugar Maple which is unfortunately absent from my forest). Seeds, petioles, and flowers are red.
There is a nice large specimen in the middle of the bowl between ridges in Lot A, circumference at chest-height 5ft 6". On older trees the bark gets shaggy.
A particularly shaggy-barked specimen is near the northern end of Lot B.
The largest Red Maple I have found so far is in the southeast section of Lot C, upslope from the southern stream. Its circumference is 6ft 4".
From above in the autumn, Red Maples can be a brilliant red, orange, or yellow. In the first picture below, the Red Maple is on the lower right (the red & yellow tree on the left is a Blackgum).
In late March the Red Maples have prolific red blossoms.
The nicest Red Maple I have seen is a few feet outside the western boundary of Lot B. A couple of pictures of that one below.