"It kind of tastes like marshmallows," says Noreen Thomas, a Moorhead organic farmer who tapped several box elder trees this spring. "By far, it's much better than the imitation-maple cheap stuff." ...

Boxelder trees, also known as ash-leaved maples, are one of the most common and adaptable urban trees in North America—though they also may be the "messiest" from a visual perspective.

But one species of tree strains my resolve. It's the box elder, alternately one of the most worthless and valuable trees of the prairie. I've lived beneath this tree in at least four different ...

That tree is the humble box elder, Acer negundo. Even though they are a type of maple, box elder trees historically have been disdained by landscapers and arborists so much, and for so long ...

The boxelder bug is a relatively harmless insect that’s named after its main food source — the box elder tree. They feed off of the female versions of these trees — which are the only ones ...

Box elder bugs are a small, noninvasive pest known to inhabit any areas where box elder maple trees are found. These little bugs are particularly adept at squirming their way inside homes and ...

after reading your answer on Aug. 24 about box elder bugs and removing all the female box elder trees -- how do you identify a female from a male tree? Does one have something bigger than the other?

On a warm day in autumn, you may get some unwelcome guests: box elder bugs. “They can be a real nuisance,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant information specialist at The Morton Arboretum. These ...