White Maple (Me., N. H.).
Red Flower (N. Y.).
Locality.
New Brunswick and Florida, westward intermittently to Dakota and Texas. Wide range.
Features of Tree.
Sixty to eighty feet and more in height, two and one-half to four feet in diameter. Red twigs and flowers in early spring.
Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood.
Heartwood brown tinged with red, sapwood lighter, close-grained, compact structure. Red blossoms, twigs, and stems. Leaves turn scarlet in autumn.
Structural Qualities of Wood.
Easily worked, heavy, hard, not strong, elastic, qualities between those of silver and sugar maple.