Box Elder
(Acer negundo L.)
LEAVES: Opposite, compound, with 3-5 coarsely and irregularly toothed leaflets, each 2"-4" long and 2"-3" wide.
Box Elder
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Acer negundo
(Box Elder)
[L.] Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Sapindales
Family: Aceraceae
Family Description: Maple Key Characteristics: Tree grows up to 20 M ; compound (usually 3 leaflets, but can be up to 7) ...
BOX ELDER
Acer negundo
General Notes
Grows best in fairly rich, moist, well-drained loam. Tolerates smog. Suckers and reseeds profusely. Has Fragrant Bark. SelecTree lists 3 cultivars of negundo: (1)'elegans' (2)'flamingo' (3)'variegatum' ...
Box Elder is common along lower elevation streams, sometimes growing to 35 feet tall and 3 feet in diameter. Often there are many small branches at the base and along the knobby, distorted trunk.
Box Elder
Acer negundo
Small to medium-sized tree with short trunk and broad, rounded crown of light green foliage. Height: 30-60' (9-18 m). Diameter: 2 1/2' (0.8 m). Leaves: opposite; pinnately compound; 6" (15 cm) long; with slender axis.
Box Elder
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box elder (Acer negundo) has compound (i.e. pinnate) leaves with 3-9 relatively broad leaflets. The margins of the leaflets may be toothed (i.e. crenate or serrate) or slightly lobed.
Box Elder ( Acer negundo )
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Trees: Box Elder (Acer negundo), Red Maple (Acer rubrum), Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides), American Elm (Ulmus americana)
History: ...
He started box elder seeds in 1903, selecting and planting either 28[21] or 32[22] of the saplings in a carefully designed pattern in the spring of 1907.
BOX ELDER. North America
ACERACEAE (Maple family)
Leaves like an ash distinguish this maple.
Acer negundo. Box Elder. Male Flowers.
Acer negundo. Box Elder. Female Flowers.
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California Box Elder [English]: Acer negundo var. californicum
California Boxelder [English]: Acer negundo
California Boxelder [English]: Acer negundo var. californicum
California Brickelbush [English]: Brickellia californica ...
Box elder (Acer negundo)
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Field Marks: The box elder has opposite leaves divided into 3 or 5 or 7 leaflets. It differs from ashes by its green twigs and paired fruits.
Habitat: Wet woods, along streams, damp thickets.
Box elder leaves are often light yellow when they first come out, aging to pale green in summer, and turning yellowish brown in fall before they drop. Young twigs are bright green. The flowers and fruits are typical maple.
There is a tree called the 'Box Elder,' mentioned by W. J. Bean in his Trees and Shrubs hardy in the British Isles; this is not a true Elder, however, but one of the American maples that yield sugar.
Some examples for the eastern United States include deciduous shrubs such as staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina), smooth sumac (Rhus glabra), box elder (Acer nigrum), fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus), ash (Fraxinus spp.), ...
Honey fungus can attack many woody and herbaceous perennials. No plants are completely immune, but some have very good resistance, such as Taxus (yew), Juglans nigra (black walnut) and Acer negundo (box elder).
 See also: Elder, Box, Acer, Maple, Acer negundo
  
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