Acer x freemanii A. E. Murray (Freeman’s maple), growth habit, tree form, fall color
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2005 – 2012
Acer x freemanii A. E. Murray (Freeman’s maple), sturdy hybrid which is very common in the Chicagoland region often serving as a parkway or street tree having a brilliant, red-orange color in the fall, hybrid of the red maple and silver maple the cross yields both the strong branch attachment of the red maple and fast growth rate of the silver maple, mature height 40-60' with spread of 20-40', leaf blade is 4-6" long and as wide with 5 palmate pointed lobes the central lobe wider towards the tip than at its base the sides often concave upper surface is dark green smooth and glossy lower surface paler and smooth edges are sharply and irregularly toothed, leaf stalk and veins on the underside are red to reddish green, branchlets are red to reddish brown and smooth, older branches turning grayish like the trunk, the bark moderately textured by furrows and ridges
