Box Elder: Acer negundo
This tree has three leaves, and we have called it "poison-ivy tree".
However, it is not related to poison ivy.
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More information and pictures:
 | Box elder seeds, May 24th, 2003 on the Cienega Loop Trail, Sandia Mountains, New Mexico. |
Box elder leaves, May 24th, 2003 on the Cienega Loop Trail, Sandia Mountains, New Mexico. |  |
 | Box elder leaf back. Note diagnostic cobwebby hairs on back of leaf. May 24th, 2003 on the Cienega Loop Trail, Sandia Mountains, New Mexico. |
Where we have seen this plant:
Taxonomy:
| Kingdom | Plantae---Plants |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta---Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta---Seed plants |
| Division | Magnoliophyta---Flowering plants |
| Class | Magnoliopsida---Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | Rosidae |
| Order | Sapindales |
| Family | Aceraceae---Maple family |
| Genus | Acer L.---maple |
| Species | Acer negundo L.---boxelder |
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