The red maple is the first native tree to blossom on Staten Island. From a distance, it's easy to spot the bright red of the female flowers (at top of photo) and orange-red appearance of the male ...

Native red maple trees burst into flower in April, gloriously announcing the arrival of spring with their fluffy red blossoms high in the treetops. Red maple, sometimes called swamp maple, is the most ...

You know spring is just around the corner when you see a red haze spread across woodland areas, suburban yards and city streets. "What you see are the male and female flowers of red maple." Native red ...

I’ve been watching red maple flowers every spring for a few years now and photographing them. The pictures help because I am poor at keeping a journal. I realized I had never learned about how such an ...

This is the time of year we look for signs of spring — any signs of spring. The ice, the cold, the snow — they make us long for any signal that the kinder seasons are on the horizon. And the slightest ...