Acer x freemanii
Freeman's maple · also Freeman maple, Autumn Blaze red maple
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Acer x freemanii is a naturally occurring hybrid maple with a broadly oval crown, known for its striking orange-red fall foliage. It is adaptable to various soils and climates, making it a popular choice for street and specimen planting in urban landscapes. Wild specimens are found in eastern North America where its parent species, red maple and silver maple, overlap.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 21,1793.1%—3.1 in
- 12,2754.0%—9.0 in
- 8,0032.4%7.2 yr2.0 in
- 6,9932.6%—4.7 in
- 5,6713.6%5.9 yr2.8 in
- 4,4612.4%—7.0 in
- 3,9721.2%6.9 yr3.9 in
- 3,8588.7%—2.4 in
- 2,5015.4%—2.8 in
- 2,0162.7%5.8 yr4.7 in
- 2,0070.42%7.4 yr2.8 in
- 9671.3%—5.1 in
- 8697.3%7.8 yr5.0 in
- 7630.27%27 yr9.8 in
- 4990.43%—5.0 in
- 4892.1%—7.1 in
- 4180.18%—3.1 in
- 3880.46%—4.7 in
- 3180.16%2.9 yr2.9 in
- 2700.60%8.8 yr2.4 in
- 1940.06%—2.4 in
- 1701.5%6.3 yr2.4 in
- 1530.03%3.8 yr2.5 in
- 1490.11%26 yr3.0 in
- 1130.02%—5.0 in
- 920.58%22 yr10 in
- 450.03%21 yr5.3 in
- 200.04%2.8 yr—
- 140.02%6.8 yr2.0 in
- 130.04%—3.9 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 50–65 ft
- Canopy spread
- 30–40 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.1 in, mean 5.3 in, 90th percentile 11 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Eastern Canadian Forest-Boreal transition
- Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests
- New England-Acadian forests
Other Acer in the catalogue
50 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
