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In addition, drought conditions have weakened fast-growing trees such as sugar maples, box elders, willows which are most prone to losing limbs, Megna said.
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Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024
Some of the trees, a mix of black walnut, oak and box elder, are more than 80 years old, Hart said.
—Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2023
Taller trees — box elder, ash, cottonwood, walnut and sycamore — shaded the area.
—The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
In the meantime their spread is beginning to threaten both the economy, through the infection of avocado trees, as well as ecology, through the devastation of native box elder populations.
—Guest, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2015
Interestingly, silver maple and box elder, also a member of the maple family, along with Eastern cottonwood, are also keystone plants, according to the NWF.
—Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
The rising waters drowned waterfalls, box elder groves and thousands of cultural sites — ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, intricate rock art panels and Paleolithic hunting camps dating back over 12,000 years.
—Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
Horned lizards and jack rabbits dart between thorny shrubs and scrawny box elder trees.
—Matt Stirn, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022
The trees also have a pest, resembling box elder bugs of the north, called golden-rain tree bugs that feed on the seeds and may prevent some from sprouting.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2021
Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024
Some of the trees, a mix of black walnut, oak and box elder, are more than 80 years old, Hart said.
—Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2023
Taller trees — box elder, ash, cottonwood, walnut and sycamore — shaded the area.
—The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
In the meantime their spread is beginning to threaten both the economy, through the infection of avocado trees, as well as ecology, through the devastation of native box elder populations.
—Guest, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2015
Interestingly, silver maple and box elder, also a member of the maple family, along with Eastern cottonwood, are also keystone plants, according to the NWF.
—Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
The rising waters drowned waterfalls, box elder groves and thousands of cultural sites — ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, intricate rock art panels and Paleolithic hunting camps dating back over 12,000 years.
—Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
Horned lizards and jack rabbits dart between thorny shrubs and scrawny box elder trees.
—Matt Stirn, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022
The trees also have a pest, resembling box elder bugs of the north, called golden-rain tree bugs that feed on the seeds and may prevent some from sprouting.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2021
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“Box elder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20elder. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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