The red maple (Acer rubrum) is the most widespread maple in ... The upper side of the leaves is green in the summertime, with the lower side silverish in color. Fall color is usually a deep ...

However the leaves had three primary lobes ... All of those features definitively call out Acer rubrum. The sugar maples often have five primary lobes and always no serrations; their newest ...

The red maple (Acer rubrum) that puts on a show nationwide in the fall doesn't do very well here in our alkaline soils, but there are other maples available for use here in North Texas.