Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 15226 
Family Aceraceae 
Species Acer negundo L.
Common name "boxelder"
Collector Information Nicholas Peterson  (25)  27 September 2008
Geography United States,  Utah, Utah County
Lat./Long. 40°  19' 4.62" N, 111°  32 ' 16.14" W at 6400 feet (1951 m)
Locality Wasatch Range, Big Springs Hollow, along trail, ca. 1.25 miles SW of the road junction along South Fork; 
Ecology riparian community. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Acer negundo L.

     Negundo mexicanum Dc.
     Rulac negundo (Linnaeus) Hitchcock
     Rulac texana (Pax) Small

Common Name(s): ashleaf maple, box elder, boxelder, boxelder maple, california boxelder, manitoba maple, western boxelder.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=28749, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Rosidae
                            Order: Sapindales
                                Family: Aceraceae
                                    Genus: Acer
                                        Species: Acer negundo
                                                                                            

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 00049s2.jpg 
00049
specimen image: 00437s2.jpg 
00437
specimen image: 00667s2.jpg 
00667
specimen image: 00821s2.jpg 
00821
specimen image: 01848s2.jpg 
01848
specimen image: 01950s2.jpg 
01950
specimen image: 02140s2.jpg 
02140
specimen image: 03638s2.jpg 
03638
specimen image: 06176s2.jpg 
06176

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
14949 Acer grandidentatum      "bigtooth maple" 1026 ft. SE
01559 Allium acuminatum      "tapertip wild onion" 1.7 mi. N
15225 Berberis repens     1424 ft. NW
14947 Claytonia lanceolata      "lanceleaf springbeauty" 1026 ft. SE
15224 Crataegus douglasii      "black hawthorn" same section
13624 Erigeron divergens      "spreading fleabane" 1026 ft. SE
02352 Erigeron divergens  var. divergens   "spreading fleabane, spreading-daisy" 1.7 mi. N
14953 Fritillaria pudica      "yellow fritillary" 1026 ft. SE
14952 Hydrophyllum capitatum      "ballhead waterleaf" 1026 ft. SE
14951 Lithophragma parviflorum      "smallflower woodland-star" 1026 ft. SE
01558 Mimulus guttatus      "common monkeyflower" 1.7 mi. N
14950 Viola       "violet" 1026 ft. SE

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Big Spring (Spring) Utah County, UT 1489 ft. SW 6595  Bridal Veil Falls 
Trefoil Ranch (Locale) Utah County, UT 1.1 mi. E 6086  Bridal Veil Falls 
Shingle Mill Canyon (Valley) Utah County, UT 1.2 mi. E   Bridal Veil Falls 
Big Spring Hollow (Valley) Utah County, UT 1.4 mi. NE   Bridal Veil Falls 
Water Hollow (Valley) Utah County, UT 1.3 mi. NE   Bridal Veil Falls 
Left Fork South Fork Provo River (Stream) Utah County, UT 1.5 mi. NE   Wallsburg Ridge 
Middle Fork South Fork Provo River (Stream) Utah County, UT 1.4 mi. NE   Wallsburg Ridge 
Bunnells Fork (Stream) Utah County, UT 2.1 mi. N   Bridal Veil Falls 
Lightning Peak (Summit) Utah County, UT 2.6 mi. S 10020  Bridal Veil Falls 
Windy Pass (Gap) Utah County, UT 2.8 mi. SE 8921  Bridal Veil Falls 
First Hole (Basin) Utah County, UT 3 mi. SE 8718  Bridal Veil Falls 
Frazier Trailer Park (Park) Utah County, UT 2.7 mi. W 7947  Bridal Veil Falls 
Second Hole (Basin) Utah County, UT 3.2 mi. S 8852  Bridal Veil Falls 
Third Hole (Basin) Utah County, UT 3.4 mi. S 9229  Bridal Veil Falls 
North Fork Provo River (Stream) Utah County, UT 3.4 mi. N   Aspen Grove 
Wildwood (Populated Place) Utah County, UT 3.4 mi. N 5230  Bridal Veil Falls 
Vivian Park (Populated Place) Utah County, UT 3.2 mi. NW 5214  Bridal Veil Falls 
Vivian Park Post Office (historical) (Post Office) Utah County, UT 3.2 mi. NW 5214  Bridal Veil Falls 
Cascade Mountain (Summit) Utah County, UT 2.8 mi. W 10817  Bridal Veil Falls 
South Fork Provo River (Stream) Utah County, UT 3.3 mi. NW   Bridal Veil Falls 

Links

Taxon Links for species Acer negundo  L.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Acer+negundo

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