Like its silver maple parent, which is native in North Dakota and Minnesota, Autumn Blaze grows quickly, eventually becoming a large shade tree 40 to 50 feet high and wide, where adapted.

Tealight candles adorn the path on Kalamazoo Nature Center's Beech Maple Trail Nov. 10, 2023. This was part of the center's candlelight hike, a tradition that was revived after some time.