Acer species

 

CLASSIFICATION Deciduous broadleaf

HABIT/SIZE Small shrub to large tree

LEAVES Simple; opposite; palmately-lobed

FLOWER Yellow or greenish-yellow flowers; in pendulous clusters; appear in early spring before leaves open

FRUIT/SEED/CONE Winged samaras in pairs

BARK Gray-brown and smooth on young trunks; older trunks furrowed with long, irregular plates

 

Silhouette of a large tree with with a spreading, oval shape.    

Bright green lobed leaves with immature seeds.

Close-up of large tree trunk with furrowed grey brown bark.    

Close up of bright reddish orange maple seed pods