Question: The abundant red seeds of this maple caught my eye. Growing in the flood plain of the Concord River, Concord, …
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The abundant red seeds of this maple caught my eye. Growing in the flood plain of the Concord River, Concord, Massachusetts May 13, 2020.
Answer
Dear jfc, there are two native maples that frequently grow in wetlands that flower long before the leaves emerge and fruit early in the season: Acer rubrum and Acer saccharinum. You appear to have the latter based on what I can see from the expanding leaves and branchlet orientation (those of A. saccharinum tend to have obvious upward curves to them).
