The boxelder tree is not a recommended tree to plant in your yard, but it does have desirable unique qualities as a hardy tree specimen.

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.

Box elder trees can be tapped for maple-like syrup Moorhead - The box elder may be the Rodney Dangerfield of the tree world. Dismissed for its irregular form, weak wood and association with box ...

Unlike slow-growing hardwood trees like the mighty oaks or maples, boxelder’s wood is brittle and weak due to its fast growth habit. Weak wood means weak branches that frequently break off ...

What to do if the polyphagous shot hole borer attacks your trees The black tracks in this box elder tree branch are fungus-lined tunnels created by the polyphagous shot hole borer.

Instead of tight-grained lumber, box elder has light wood that splinters in windstorms, burns too fast and makes weak fenceposts and furniture.

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A Chester County tree trimmer is using discarded pieces of wood by turning the old limbs into new art while transitioning from one business to the next.

Dear Jerry: I have a problem with box elder bugs this year. I do not have a box elder tree and don’t remember having this problem before, but they are coming in like crazy. I know my house needs ...

The infestation has primarily impacted box elder trees, but California sycamore, coast live oak, arroyo willow, red willow, and black cottonwood have also been attacked.

Inside the Tree Storyhouse classical music plays loudly, piles of wood lay next to machines, sun shines in from all directions and even further back is a spiral staircase.

New research from the University of Minnesota (UM) that was recently published in the Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ) shows that a toxin from the box elder tree is the likely cause of seasonal ...