THE BOX ELDER {Acer Xegundo) 



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

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

 leafless pistillate trees well into winter. The wind scatters them, but the curved 

 Stems persist until summer 



lil.ACK MAIM.K {.ic 

 A winter twie 



