COMMON NAME(S):   Ash-leaf Maple, Box Elder

LEAF: opposite; pinnately compound, with slender axis, 3-7 leaflets, sometimes slightly lobed

BARK:  light gray-brown with many narrow ridges and fissures, becoming deeply furrowed

FLOWER:  very small yellow-green calyx of 5 lobes or seals, several clustered on slender drooping stalks 

GROWTH: 30 to 60 feet

DISTRIBUTION: S. Alberta east to S. Ontario and New Your, south to central Florida, west to S. Texas

LOCATION:  South Park, Quincy, IL