Red Maple

Red Maple / Érable rouge / Zhiishiigimewanzh

FUN FACTS

• Red maple is the preferred browse for moose, deer, hare and beaver. Ruffed grouse, red squirrels and chipmunks eat its seeds.
• Can be tapped to make maple syrup but the boiled sap is less sweet than that of sugar maple.
• Early flowering provides one of the first sources of nectar for bees and other pollinators in the north.

HOW REGREENING HELPS THIS SPECIES

• Regreening encourages healthy growth into singlestemmed trees rather than stunted, shrub-like forms.
• Survivors are now able to reseed themselves as increased moisture retention and organic content of the surface soil has allowed seeds to germinate.