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Digital Herbaria

Acer negundo var. negundo

Acer negundo L. var. negundo

Boxelder, Ashleaf Maple, Boxelder Maple, Three-leaf Maple

Aceraceae (Maple Family)

USDA Symbol: ACNEN
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)







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Specimen & Label Data

Acer negundo var. negundo

Box Elder

Aceraceae

Location: 10 m W of Salado Creek on S side of low-water crossing at Austin Hwy, San Antonio.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: In alluvial gravel/silt of fresh water creek bank, often flooded. Among Salix, Sapium, Ulmus & Populus.

Description: Small tree (4 m tall) w/green glabrous twigs. Leaves mostly 3-pinnate. Leaflets 5-10 x 5-7 cm long/broad. Terminal leaflet elliptic to obovate, laterals more narrow, all coarsely few toothed. Samaras in pendulous racemes, 25-35 cm long, yellowish, the seed prolonged.

County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Oct 12, 1994
Specimen number: 714

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0997
Accession Date: Jan 24, 1995
Accession Number: 78

Annotations: MXFXB Monoceous (In fruit)

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