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Tree info 1 |
 Boxelder branch |
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Tree info 2 |
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Tree info 1 |
Boxelder branch |
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Tree info 2 |
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| Identifying Characteristics | |
Size/Form: |
Boxelder is a medium tree that reaches heights of 75' to 80'. |
Leaves: |
The leaves are pinnately compound, opposite, and deciduous. They generally have three to seven and sometimes nine leaflets on a central stalk 6" to 15" in length. Leaflets are longer than wide at 2" to 4" long by 1" to 2 1/2" wide. Leaflets are ovate to elliptical in outline. Margin is serrate or slightly lobed. The underside of the leaflet is a pale green. Veins are pubescent. |
Fruit: |
Double samara with wings up to 1" in length. Seedcase is long, narrow, and flattened. Pale yellow in color, maturing in summer and remaining attached in the winter. Found in drooping clusters. |
Bark: |
Green-gray and smooth on immature trees. Mature trees are shallow grooved and gray-brown. |
Habitat: |
Commonly found in floodplains and on edges of streams, swamps, and other moist sites. Occasionally found on drier sites associated with many hardwoods. |
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