Boxelder maple
Acer negundo L. [Aceraceae]
Negundo-kaede (ネグンドカエデ/トネリコバノカエデ)
Native to North America. This means it is exotic to Hokkaido.
Of maple species, this species grows relatively faster, and is short-lived.
[no accessions by USDA]
subsp. negundo
subsp. interius (Briton) A.Love et D.Love
subsp. californica (Torr. et A.Gray) Wesm.
Acer negundo in Hokkaido
On Hokkaido University Campus in the fall of 2004, many Boxelder trees were blown down in a typhoon.
We can see typical maple seeds, i.e., winged seeds, were produced. On September 19 2007.
Annual shoot (left), seeds (center) and leaflet (right) sketched on May 31 1983 by ST. The seed is wind-dispersal.
References
- カエデ Acer
- Field training on integrated environmental research 統合環境調査法実習
fauna and flora (出現種リスト)