Boxelder; Ashleaf Maple; Manitoba Maple 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. |