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Box Elder, Boxelder Maple - Acer negundo

Acer negundo is a species of maple native to North America. Box Elder, Boxelder Maple, and Maple Ash are its most common names in the United States. Other variant names, some of which are regional, include: Ash Maple, Ash-leaf Maple, Black Ash, California Boxelder, Cutleaf Maple, Cut-leaved Maple, Negundo Maple, Red River Maple, Stinking Ash, Sugar Ash, Three-leaved Maple, and Western Boxelder. In Canada it is commonly known as Manitoba Maple and occasionally as Elf Maple.

Approvals

Animal	Part(s)	Comment
Birds	All
Canid	All
Felid	All
Herp-Invert	All
Hoofstock	Leaves, Bark, Tree
Insectivore	All
Marsupials	All
Pachyderm	All
Phocid	All
Primate	All
Rodentia	All
Small Mammal	All
Ursid	All

Locations

Location	Comments
Not on Grounds

Toxicity

Animal	Part	Comments	Citation
elephants
horses	hoofstock

images

Leaves

Flower

Leaves

Seeds

Raw Data

    {'Approvals': [{'ApprovalAnimal': 'Marsupials', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Primate', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Insectivore', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Phocid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Pachyderm', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Rodentia', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Hoofstock',
                'ApprovalComments': 'Hypoglycin in seeds is toxic to equids '
                                    'and could be to other hoofstock\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'Leaves'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Hoofstock',
                'ApprovalComments': 'Hypoglycin in seeds is toxic to equids '
                                    'and could be to other hoofstock\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'Bark'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Hoofstock',
                'ApprovalComments': 'Hypoglycin in seeds is toxic to equids '
                                    'and could be to other hoofstock\r',
                'ApprovalPart': 'Tree'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Small Mammal', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Ursid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Herp-Invert', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Felid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Canid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Birds', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'}],
 'BotanicalName': 'Acer negundo',
 'Comments': '            Acer negundo is a species of maple native to North '
             'America. Box Elder, Boxelder Maple, and Maple Ash are its most '
             'common names in the United States. Other variant names, some of '
             'which are regional, include: Ash Maple, Ash-leaf Maple, Black '
             'Ash, California Boxelder, Cutleaf Maple, Cut-leaved Maple, '
             'Negundo Maple, Red River Maple, Stinking Ash, Sugar Ash, '
             'Three-leaved Maple, and Western Boxelder. In Canada it is '
             'commonly known as Manitoba Maple and occasionally as Elf '
             'Maple.\r\n'
             '        ',
 'CommonName': 'Box Elder, Boxelder Maple',
 'Images': [{'ImageType': 'Leaves', 'ImageURL': 'Images/bsmubkcl.yz3.jpg\r'},
            {'ImageType': 'Flower', 'ImageURL': 'Images/emej2rhm.1i0.jpg\r'},
            {'ImageType': 'Leaves', 'ImageURL': 'Images/2c3bhoip.hor.jpg\r'},
            {'ImageType': 'Seeds', 'ImageURL': 'Images/2qnt432u.wdi.jpg\r'}],
 'Locations': [{'LocationComments': '', 'LocationName': 'Not on Grounds'}],
 'PlantID': '119',
 'Toxicity': [{'ToxicityAnimal': 'elephants', 'ToxicityPart': ''},
              {'ToxicityAnimal': 'horses', 'ToxicityPart': ' hoofstock'}]}