Flower – One of the first trees to flower in the spring with small red flowers that hang in clusters. Twigs – Opposite branching; without fetid odor, compared to silver maple; reddish and lustrous; ...

and leaves have a glossy green upper surface with a silvery underside. The glabrous twigs are often brownish with new growth being red, and are covered in white dots called lenticels. Like all maples, ...