Common Name - Box Elder

Scientific Name - Acer negundo

Description:  light green above, with few hairs;  paler below;  opposite and pinnately compound, 6 inches long;  3 to 7 leaflets 2 to 4 inches long and 1 to 1.5 inches wide;  sometimes lobed;  oval, with long point at tip and coarse sawteeth;  turning yellow or red in fall.
The Box Elder Tree Leaf

 
Description:

light green above, with few hairs;  paler below;  opposite and pinnately compound, 6 inches long;  3 to 7 leaflets 2 to 4 inches long and 1 to 1.5 inches wide;  sometimes lobed;  oval, with long point at tip and coarse sawteeth;  turning yellow or red in fall.

Compound Leaves with 3 and 5 leaflets

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