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Conservation Status	IUCN Red List	not yet assessed

	NatureServe	N5 - Secure SNR - Unranked

	Minnesota	not listed

Wetland Indicator Status	Great Plains	FAC - Facultative
	Midwest	FAC - Facultative
	Northcentral & Northeast	FAC - Facultative

Identification	See Subordinate Taxa (below) for identifying information.

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

Distribution			Sources: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 28.

Comments

Taxonomy	Family:	Sapindaceae (soapberry)
	Subfamily:	Hippocastanoideae
	Genus:	Acer
	Section:	Negundo
	Series:	Negundo

Subordinate Taxa	Arizona boxelder (Acer negundo var. arizonicum) boxelder (Acer negundo var. interius) boxelder (Acer negundo var. mexicanum) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) boxelder (Acer negundo var. texanum) boxelder (Acer negundo var. violaceum) California boxelder (Acer negundo var. californicum)

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


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Boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)


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	Acer negundo Blake C. Willson

	About Manitoba Maple

	Acer negundo Butler Herbarium


	Acer negundo - Boxelder aka Ash-leaf Maple Virens (Latin for greening)


	Box Elder (Acer negundo) Bill Keim

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	Box Elder ( Acer Negundo) identification video wvoutdoorman

	About Published on Aug 14, 2012 Box Elder tree identification helping ID the tree

	Trees with Don Leopold - boxelder ESFTV

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