Box Elder Maple
Easy to Grow - Drough & Cold Tolerant
The Box Elder Maple tree, Acer negundo, is also commonly known as Ashleaf maple, Manitoba maple, Box-elder maple, and Western box-elder.
This deciduous maple tree is a small-to-medium-sized tree, reaching heights of 50 to 75 feet, with a trunk diameter up to 4 feet. The trunk is relatively short and tapering, and the crown is spreading and bushy. It is more often seen as a smaller tree with cane-like, bright green branches.
Box Elder trees are fast growing and tolerate poor conditions. Although it grows best on moist soils, box-elder is drought and cold resistant. It can also tolerate flooding for extended periods (up to a month).
The bark is smooth on young trees and then as it gets older the bark develops narrow ridges; mature trees have dark brown bark. These shade trees have brittle wood.
Boxelder bugs eat seeds on female trees. The seeds are also a source of food for birds and mammals, and are important because they stay on the tree through winter, when other food resources are scarce!
* Fast growing
* Tolerates flooding
* Drought & cold tolerant
Plant Facts
| Family | Acer negundo |
|---|---|
| Foliage | Green |
| Mature Height | 30 - 50 feet |
| Mature Spread | 20 - 40 feet |
| Soil | Widely Adaptable |
| Zones | 3-8 |
| Moisture | Drought, Heat Tolerant |
| Mature Form | Broad, Irregular |
| Growth Rate | Rapid |
| Sun Exposure | Full Sun - Partial Sun |
| Flower Color | Yellow |
| Fall Color | Orange and Yellow |
Quick Overview
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