Traditional uses of White Oak wood include hardwood flooring, whiskey barrels and boat building. The White Oak family includes all oaks with acorns that ripen in one season, but without bristle-tipped lobes . Slender, glossy, at first green, later red. Wings usually less than 1 inch long, spreading at a narrow angle, red to brown, maturing in May or June. Found throughout Pennsylvania in a wide variety of habitats, the Red Maple grows best in wet soil and reaches 50, sometimes 100, feet tall.
Leaves turn bright yellow, orange or red in autumn.
Reddish-brown to light brown. Buds brown and sharp-pointed. Horseshoe-shaped with wings almost parallel, maturing in autumn, sometimes persisting into winter. Sugar Maple wood is used for furniture, musical instruments and flooring and the sap is tapped for maple syrup. Sugar Maple is an excellent ornamental tree for large, open areas.