Red Maple (Acer rubrum)

Family: Aceraceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Red. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Early winter, Late spring, Late winter, Mid spring, Mid winter. Form: Oval, Rounded, Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Leaves, Sap/Syrup, Bark/Inner Bark

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweetener on many foods. — The sap contains sugar and this can be used as a drink or be concentrated into a syrup by boiling off the water.; The syrup is used as a sweetener on many foods.; This species only yields about half the quantity obtained from the sugar maple (A.; It makes a good maple syrup although the yield is comparatively small.

Habitat & North American Range

Usually found in swamps and uplands, it also occasionally grows on dry rocky hillsides and sand dunes. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)