Acer negundo

Description: Small to medium, often multi-stemmed, deciduous tree to 20 m high (in weedy situations mostly recorded to c. 8 m high); usually dioecious. Bark light grey or grey-brown, becoming fissured or flaky with age; canopy open, irregular, broad.

Botanical Name: Acer negundo

Common Name: boxelder

Family: Aceraceae

Height: 10 – 20m

Width: 10 – 20m

Foliage: Opposite, pinnately compound, 3 to 5 leaflets (sometimes 7), 2 to 4 inches long, margin coarsely serrate or somewhat lobed, shape variable but leaflets often resemble a classic maple leaf, light green above and paler below.

Flower: Dioecious; yellow-green, in drooping racemes; appearing in spring.

Fruit: Paired V-shaped samaras, 1 to 1 1/2 inches long, in drooping clusters,light tan when ripe in fall, persist throughout winter.

Watering Needs: Moderate water
Acer negundo tolerates drought to some extent

Light: Acer negundo tolerates frost, full sun, shade (once established), air pollution and flooding, as well as drought to some extent Feeding:

Disease: Anthracnose, butt rot, canker, leaf spot, maple mosaic virus, twig dieback, wetwood, wood rot.

Pest: Box elder bugs, Fuller rose beetle, caterpillars, mites, boxelder bugs, psyllids, mulberry whiteflies, scale, bagworms.