Red maples, for instance ... have enough space to grow since maple trees develop shallow horizontal roots. As the maple tree grows and spreads out, its roots will take up space on the surface.

how tall the tree gets, how wide, and how far its roots will spread. A red maple tree, planted in memory of Dr. Saul Finer, overlooks the playground in Roscoe Conkling Park in Utica on Tuesday, Sept.

The red maple is a wide-ranging native tree in the Eastern half of the United States. In Maryland, red maples flower between ...