Red Maples In Bloom

March 6, 2025

A great help to pollinators, the Red Maple tree (Acer rubrum) is one of our first native trees to bloom in the spring, or in this case in late winter.

And also a great help to meet a neighbor down at the bottom of my mountain. This morning I stopped along the road to take pictures of the Red Maple that is blooming now at the edge of his yard. I had never seen him before but soon enough, there was his dog, and then there he was too. Perfect opportunity to meet him.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.