If you're examining a leaf with these characteristics, you probably have a broadleaf or deciduous tree that's either an ash, hickory, walnut, pecan, box elder, or black locust.

Boxelder tree leaves are compound in structure, meaning there are three to seven leaflets attached to the mid-vein, plus the leaves are opposite each other along the branches.

There are many trees and shrubs with pinnately compound leaves in North America, including hickory, walnut, pecan, ash, boxelder, black locust, and honey locust (which is bipinnate). The most ...

To me, it closely resembles a boxelder tree’s compound leaf. Boxelder, also known as ash-leaved maple, has compound leaves with 3-7 leaflets, while poison ivy always has 3. If you have trouble telling ...

Shape and symmetry help determine where a leaf lands — and if the tree it came from can recoup the leaf’s carbon as it decomposes.

Boxelder bugs are named after a tree that hosts them Boxelder bugs have a favorite tree, and it’s called—you guessed it—the female boxelder tree.

Anthracnose is a common spring disease on maple trees. Several different fungi can cause the symptoms we describe as anthracnose.

Sean O'Brien, from the UNH Cooperative Extension, takes a look at how beech leaf disease spreads and the signs to help you ...

The box elder is a native tree that produces large amounts of seeds that hang on all winter. They provide food for birds and mammals.

On a Sunday morning, Chris Battle, clad in dirt-smudged overalls, sits on a lawn chair under a box elder tree in a vacant lot in East Knoxville, Tenn. As he puffs on his pipe while reading from ...

The Sensation box elder tree provides nice fall color in home landscapes. The male flowers on a Sensation box elder add color and beauty to the spring landscape.