Drummond Red Maple is the swamp-adapted variety of red maple found in bottomland forests and swamps of the Deep South. It is characterized by larger leaves with woolly white undersides and larger samaras than the typical species. Wood ducks, prothonotary warblers, and other cavity nesters depend on its hollow trunks.
Habitat
Bottomland swamps and flooded forests of the southeastern United States
Diet
Seeds eaten by waterfowl; hollow trunks used by wood ducks and prothonotary warblers
How common
Uncommon
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