Minnesota Seasons


boxelder
Acer negundo

Family	Aceraceae (Maple)
Varieties	var. interius var. negundo var. violaceum

Identification	See the varieties for identifying information.

Range	Throughout

Record	The champion boxelder in Minnesota is on private property in St. Paul, in Ramsey County. In 1999 it was measured at 56′ tall and 186″ in circumference (59″ in diameter).

Sightings	Afton State Park Black Dog Nature Preserve SNA Bonanza Prairie SNA Boot Lake SNA Carley State Park Cedar Mountain SNA Clear Lake SNA Crosstown West Park Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Elm Creek Park Reserve Falls Creek SNA Glynn Prairie SNA Grey Cloud Dunes SNA Holthe Prairie SNA Iron Horse Prairie SNA Kasota Prairie SNA Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA Lake Bemidji State Park Lake Bronson State Park Lake Maria State Park Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Lebanon Hills Regional Park Lost Valley Prairie SNA	Mound Spring Prairie SNA Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve Myre-Big Island State Park Oronoco Prairie SNA Pin Oak Prairie SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA Racine Prairie SNA Rice Lake Savanna SNA River Terrace Prairie SNA Rushford Sand Barrens SNA St. Croix Savanna SNA Savage Fen SNA Sibley State Park Staffanson Prairie Strandness Prairie Wolsfeld Woods SNA

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Synonyms	Negundo mexicanum Rulac negundo Rulac texana


Common Names	ash-leaved maple ashleaf maple box elder boxelder boxelder maple California boxelder Manitoba maple western boxelder