Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Acer negundo var. texanum
Acer negundo L. var. texanum Pax
Boxelder, Ashleaf Maple, Boxelder Maple
Aceraceae (Maple Family)
USDA Symbol: ACNETUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Acer negundo var. texanum
Texas Boxelder
Aceraceae
Location: Near ditch, 450 m E of new iron bridge & S of Wolfeton Way--Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Shaded by tall Quercus, Ulmus & Carya. Moist, alkaline, alluvial soil. Occasionally flooded.
Description: Sapling, 5 m tall; bark smooth, thin, green. Trunk 20 cm dia, very straight. Leaves opposite, compound (3 or 5 leaflets). Leaflets light green, 2-7 cm long, heavily veined, ovate, dentate apically. Flowers or fruit not present.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 29, 1987
Specimen number: 247
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0472
Accession Date: Jul 27, 1993
Accession Number: 36
Annotations: SXXXB