The red maple, swamp maple or soft maple, is a common species in eastern Canada. This maple is highly variable and goes by several different names. It also hybridizes with the silver maple causing several intermediate varieties to occur. Young trees provide browse for deer.here are ten species (some have as many as three different names) of maple tree native to Canada. They grow in all areas of the country except the territories. The sugar maple, an eastern species, may be called hard or rock maple, and is the principal source of maple syrup and sugar.