October's Tree of the month is the red maple, Acer rubrum. We are featuring the red maple for October because of the change in color that Jacksonville's citizens will be able to witness now through November on these trees. The red maple is one of the few species in this area that will have beautiful autumn color. The foliage will burst into a splendor of yellow, orange, and red before falling off for their dormant period in the winter. The red maple can naturally be found in wet ecosystems and bottomlands; however, given the proper irrigation can make excellent street and urban landscape trees. The urban forestry group is currently using many red maples in our 630-CITY program and can be witnessed being planting in our projects. Although we might still have hot weather in October and November, take a look for some fall color from this excellent tree species in our city!