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Article: An enticing species: this maple is not soft on its dramatic figure choices.(WOOD OF THE MONTH: Soft Maple)
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- Wood & Wood Products
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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Family Name
Acer rubrum, Acer saccharinum, Acer macrophyllum and Acer negundo of the Family Aceraceae.
Common Names
Red maple, sliver maple, Pacific maple, Oregon maple, bigleaf maple
Height/Weight
Sliver maple can grow to 131 feet or higher while red maple is typically 98 feet tail Pacific maples range in height from 40 to 100 feet. Acer rubrum's (red maple) weight averages 38 pounds per cubic foot. The average weight for Acer saccharinum and Acer macrophyllum is 34 pounds per cubic foot.