Acer negundo

Classification
Acer negundo L.
 * Kingdom: Plantae
 * Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
 * Superdivision: Spermatophyta
 * Division: Magnoliophyta
 * Class: Magnoliospida
 * Subclass: Rosidae
 * Order: Sapindales
 * Family: Aceraceae
 * Genus: Acer
 * Species: negundo

Common Names
Boxelder Maple, Box Elder, Elf Maple, Manitoba Maple, Ash Maple, Ash-leaf Maple, California Boxelder, Black Ash, Cutleaf Maple, Cut-leaved Maple, Sugar Ash, Western Boxelder, Stinking Ash, Negundo Maple, Red River Maple, Three-Leaved Maple, American Maple

Range and habitat
Acer negundo is the most widely distributed of the North American maples, found throughout the continent (primarily in the eastern parts) from Canada south through Guatemala.

A river bottom tree, it usually grows in association with other bottomland hardwoods, such as others in the Acer genus, as well as those in Salix and Ulmus. It also tends to quickly invade disturbed ground, such as fencerows, the edges of fields, areas along roads, and near railroads.

It is also widely cultivated as windbreaks and as part of landscaping design, especially in the Great Plains.

Wood

 * Burned as incense by the Cheyenne tribe (University of Michigan-Dearborn Native American Ethnobotany Database).
 * Burned to create charcoal for ceremonial and tribal tattooing by the Dakota, Sioux, and Omaha tribes (University of Michigan-Dearborn Native American Ethnobotany Database).

Bark

 * Decoction of inner bark taken internally to induce vomiting by the Meskwaki and Anishinaabeg (Chippewa/Ojibwe) tribes (University of Michigan-Dearborn Native American Ethnobotany Database).
 * Scrapings of inner bark used as a winter food source, and boiled to make a sweetener, by the Apache (Chiricahua, and Mescalero) tribe (University of Michigan-Dearborn Native American Ethnobotany Database).

Sap

 * Boiled as a sweetener and candy by the Cheyenne, Dakota, Montana, Omaha, Pawnee, Ponca, Winnebago, Cree, and Sioux tribes (University of Michigan-Dearborn Native American Ethnobotany Database).
 * Used as a beverage (often mixed with sap of Acer saccharum, Sugar Maple) by the Anishinaabeg (Chippewa/Ojibwe) tribe (University of Michigan-Dearborn Native American Ethnobotany Database).

Original research/anecdote
Feel free to leave personal research and anecdotes in this sectioned, signed with four tildes. --Antonym girl 16:59, February 17, 2012 (UTC)

Web

 * USDA PLANTS Profile
 * Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry (USDA) publication: Boxelder
 * Wikipedia: Acer negundo
 * Wikimedia: Acer negundo
 * Wikispecies: Acer negundo
 * Nature Manitoba: Profile: Manitoba Maple
 * NC State University: Trees: Acer negundo

Print

 * Plants Used by the Great Lakes Ojibwa by the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (ISBN: 0966582012)