THE BOX ELDER {Acer Negundo) 



lie only maple with a compound leaf is this one. The opposite buds 

 leaves and the key fruits are family characteristics. These keys load the 



If less pistillate trees well into winter. The wind scatters them, but the 



Cred stems persist until summer. 



THE BLACK MAPLE (Acer nigrum) 

 A winter twig 



