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Tree Tour: Manitoba Maple/Boxelder
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(Unless otherwise indicated, photos by Don of www.WascanaPark.com)
Location: (2004)
Rotary Park, west of pond.
- Botanical Name: Acer negundo
- Drought Tolerant/Sun/Attracts Wildlife
- Height & Spread: 12m x 8m
- Form: open spreading; main trunk often divides near the bottom
- Leaf: opposite; compound with 3-5 leaflets;
terminal leaflet often three-lobed; yellow in fall
- Bark: brownish-grey to black becoming furrowed with age
- Flower: yellowish-green; before leaves
- Fruit: male or female trees; two-winged seedpods hang in clusters
- Problems: aphids drip honeydew; box elder beetles; drops light
leaves all summer; very susceptible to 2,4-D; watersprouts;
germination of seeds from females trees
- Use: excellent shelterbelt tree; can be tapped for maple syrup;
provides food and cover for birds.
- Use: good, long-lived specimen tree for small yards; berries are
eaten by birds, eaten fresh and used in jam.
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(Information from the City of Regina, Tree Tour Guidebook)
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