Despite the havoc it could wreak in your home, it does not harm its host tree. You will have to prune this tree regularly. Boxelder branches droop ... or where the wood itself is weak.

But one species of tree strains ... wrist-sized branches that break off as easily as a dog sheds hair. Instead of tight-grained lumber, box elder has light wood that splinters in windstorms ...

Moorhead - The box elder may be the Rodney Dangerfield of the tree world. Dismissed for its irregular form, weak wood and association with box elder bugs, the lowly tree gets no respect.

Dear Jerry: I have a problem with box elder bugs this year. I do not have a box elder tree and don’t remember ... was re-sided in ‘99 — original wood board, new is vinyl.

The male flowers on a Sensation box elder add color and beauty ... The lower half-ish of the tree has a lot of pointy stubs that look like places branches have died or been bitten back.

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces you to a member of the Indiana maple family that doesn’t follow the rest of its family’s traditions. Learn about the ...

New research from the University of Minnesota (UM) that was recently published in the Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ) shows that a toxin from the box elder tree is ... dead wood, and trees in ...

PORTSMOUTH — The city has a new tree to ... of the box elder by local artist Fran Mallon. She then gave each of the Marconis a hand-carved pen made from the box elder wood.