What kind of tree is this?
Clues
- Deciduous; leaves turn red-bronze before they fall off when winter comes
- Growth in spring has reddish hue
- A fast grower, can reach 40 feet in Florida
- Produce winged dry fruit (samaras) in late winter and early spring
- Grows anywhere in Florida but prefers cooler areas
- Oval shape
- Leaves are opposite or subopposite, simple, serrate, lobed with palmate veins
- Typically one trunk, droopy branches
- Simple, red or pink flowers in clusters emerge in late winter to early spring