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California Boxelder

Acer negundo

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Field Notes

Description:

Tall, upright tree with arching, dangling seeds. Bark is gray to brown and fairly smooth.

Habitat:

Amongst Bamboo and Giant Reed Grass along stream at Kit Carson Park

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Acer negundo

Species ID Suggestions

Maple

Acer sp.

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JordiMendoza
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Comments (2)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Thank you Jordi, I checked on Acer and there's only two that are "wild" here. Large Leaf Maple and Boxelder. There were no large maple leaves around and the seeds look closer to Boxelder so I went with that one :)
HemaShah
This helped me Id one of my spottings!! :)

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PublishedJanuary 25, 2012

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