Boxelder

Acer negundo L.

Maple family

Plant Type
Tree
Life Cycle
Perennial
Mature Height
60.0 feet
Spread
6.0 feet
Flower Color
White
Bloom Time
Early Spring

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Tolerant

Water

Water Use Medium
Drought Tolerance High
Flood Tolerance Medium

Soil

Soil Types Clay, Loam, Sand
CaCO3 Tolerance High
Fertility Need Medium

Stress Tolerance

Fire Tolerance Low
Salt Tolerance Medium

Climate

pH Range 5.0 – 7.8
Frost-Free Days 100 days
Precipitation 15 – 75 in

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind
Larval Host Abagrotis barnesi, Abagrotis orbis, Abagrotis reedi, Acleris negundana, Acronicta americana, Acronicta sperata sperata, Adoxophyes negundana, Alsophila pometaria, Amphipyra pyramidoides, Anacampsis niveopulvella, Anacamptodes ephyraria, Anavitrinella pampinaria, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Archips argyrospila, Archips negundana, Archips semiferanus, Automeris io io, Biston betularia cognataria, Caloptilia alnivorella, Caloptilia negundella, Campaea perlata, Chionodes negundella, Choristoneura conflictana, Choristoneura rosaceana, Clepsis persicana, Colocasia propinquilinea, Crocigrapha normani, Datana ministra, Dryocampa rubicunda, Eacles imperialis, Eacles imperialis imperialis, Ectropis crepuscularia, Elaphria festivoides, Ennomos magnaria, Erannis tiliaria, Eupsilia tristigmata, Eupsilia vinulenta, Euxoa tessellata, Glena cognataria, Halysidota tessellaris, Haploa lecontei, Hyalophora cecropia, Hyalophora columbia gloveri, Hypagyrtis unipunctata, Hyphantria cunae, Iridopsis larvaria, Laetilia coccidivora, Lithophane antennata, Lithophane bethunei, Lithophane georgii, Lithophane grotei, Lithophane hemina, Lithophane laticinerea, Lophocampa caryae, Lophocampa maculata, Lymantria dispar, Malacosoma disstria, Melanolophia canadaria, Nematocampa filamentaria, Oiketicus abbotii, Oligocentria lignicolor, Operophtera bruceata, Orgyia antiqua, Orgyia leucostigma, Orgyia leuschneri, Orgyia leuschneri leuschneri, Orgyia leuschneri ringd, Orthosia hibisci, Orthotaenia undulana, Paleacrita vernata, Palthis angulalis, Pandemis canadana, Pandemis limitata, Papaipema cataphracta, Peridroma saucia, Pero morrisonaria, Phigalia titea, Prionoxystus robiniae, Proteoteras aesculana, Proteoteras arizonae, Proteoteras crescentana, Proteoteras willingana, Sabulodes caberata, Satyrium calanus, Schizura ipomoeae, Semiothisa aemulataria, Spaelotis clandestina, Sparganothis pettitana, Spilosoma vestalis, Stigmella apicialbella, Xylena cineritia, Zale duplicata largera
Fall Color Yes
Evergreen No

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode I., South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming
  • MEX:  Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
  • CAN:  Saskatchewan

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.

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