44 THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF IVOOD. 



Red Maple, Swamp Maple. Acer rubrum Linn. 



Nomenclature. (Sudworth. ) 



Red Maple, Swamp Maple Water Maple (Miss., La., Tex., 



(local and common names). Ky. , Mo.). 



Soft Maple (Vt, Mass., N. Y., White Maple (Me., N. H.). 



Va., Miss., Mo., Kans., Red Flower (N. Y.). 



Neb., Minn.). 



Locality. 



New Brunswick and Florida, westward intermittently to Dakota 

 and Texas. Wide range. 



Features of Tree. 



Sixty to eighty feet and more in height, two and one-half to 

 four feet in diameter. Red twigs and flowers in early spring. 



Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood. 



Heartwood brown tinged with red, sapwood lighter, close- 

 grained, compact structure. Red blossoms, twigs, and stems. 

 Leaves turn scarlet in autumn. 



Structural Qualities of Wood. 



Easily worked, heavy, hard, not strong, elastic, qualities 

 between those of silver and sugar maple. 



Representative Uses of Wood. 



Largely used in cabinet-making, turnery, woodenware, gun- 

 stocks, etc. 



Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot. 



38. 

 Modulus of Elasticity. 



1,340,000. 

 Modulus of Rupture. 



15,000. 



Remarks. 



Occasionally shows "curly" figure. Trees are occasionally 

 tapped and small quantities of sugar are obtained from the 

 sap. 



