Canada is marking the 60th anniversary of the national flag, adopted in 1965 with its iconic red Maple Leaf under Prime ...

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, ...