Acer rubrum

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According to the Casey Trees Tree Map the Red Maple outside my window is worth about 4 and 1/2 grand. And boy is it lookin good with its tail-light red flower fireworks show. I forget how brilliant the Red Maple can be in both leaf and flower. I don’t see Acer rubrum used too much as a street tree anymore, but most of the maples on our street seem to be doing ok. I love the fact that Casey Trees has mapped the trees of the District and stamped a dollar amount on each one. I don’t really have the slightest idea how many leaves their will be on this particular specimen but something tells me it might be around 5,000. A buck a leaf… sounds fair to me. Whats your view worth?

(below is the rest of the information on this pollution eating, oxygen spewing beauty)

Height: 40 feet
Diameter at Breast Height: 16 inches
Crown Radius: 15 feet
Leaf Area: 392.01 m
Leaf Biomass: 26.40 kg
Leaf Area Index: 5.97