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Boxelder; Ashleaf Maple; Manitoba Maple

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Scientific Name: Acer negundo
Description: Small to medium-sized tree with short trunk and broad, rounded crown of light green foliage. Height: 30-60'. Diameter: 2.5'
Habitat: Wet or moist soils along stream banks and in valleys, with various hardwoods; also naturalized in waste places and roadsides.
Range: S. Alberta east to extreme S. Ontario and New York. South to central Florida, and west to S. Texas.
Type: Tree

Source:National Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Trees: Western Region
Photograph: Barbara Tokarska-Guzik, University of Silesia, Poland from www.forestryimages.org.