Boxelder
Acer negundo
Boxelder is a fast, adaptable maple with compound leaves, thriving on floodplains and disturbed ground from coast to coast. Its abundant seeds feed the evening grosbeak and the boxelder bug through winter.
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 30–60 ft
- Spacing
- 30–50 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline, acidic
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, pollinators
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~297 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY