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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Aceraceae
Acer negundo L.
ash-leaved maple, box elder
Acer: the classical Latin name for the maple
negundo: from the native Sanskrit and Bengali nirgundi, the specific name of the plant Vitex negundo and given to Acer negundo because of a supposed similarity of leaf
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| Status: | Native - potentially invasive |
| Plant: | perennial tree up to 75' tall and up to 4' in diameter with the main trunk producing many small irregular branches; bark rough |
| Flower: | blooms April to May either before or when leaves open |
| Fruit: | winged, paired fruit;  |
| Leaf: | opposite, pinnately-divided into 3-5 (up to 9) leaflets; lance-like to oval or oblong, 4"-10" long, edges mostly with coarse, irregular teeth or lobes; end leaflet usually 3-lobed |
| Habitat: | moist; rich soil |
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