Tree Phenology

My tree, as shown on the iNaturalist screenshot, is a budding Red Maple; I found it at the entrance to Centennial Woods near Centennial Court. Its lookalikes include the Sugar Maple and Norway Maple. I was able to dismiss Sugar Maple in my identification process because the buds are rounded rather than spearlike. Norway Maple was harder to rule out, so I used the resource below for comparison. I decided that the buds I found were too red to be Norway. Additionally, I believe the tree is in an early stage of budding and the side buds are therefore not as prominent as the terminal buds yet.

https://bplant.org/compare/68-91

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