Leaves

• 5-15 cm. in length
• 3 to 5 lobed
• sharp-pointed with irregular, sharp, double-teeth
• side and top lobes often form a right angle
• light green above, paler below, turning bright red in autumn

Fruit

• 2-3 cm. in length
• red to red-brown
• terminally winged samaras with slightly diverging wings separated at an angle of about 60 degrees, falling at maturity

Bark

• at first a smooth, light grey or reddish-brown, becoming a dark-grey
• breaks into long narrow scaly plates

General

• in autumn, leaves are often bright red in colour
• although it may reach 27.5 m. in height, it seldom exceeds 12 m. in Newfoundland with 15-20 cm. in diameter
• grows on a variety of sites and is not found in Labrador