But the prolific woody plant's beauty may be more than bark-deep. As a relative to the maple, the box elder's sap can be collected for a slightly tangy, antioxidant-rich maple syrup.

The boxelder bug is a relatively harmless insect that’s named after its main food source — the box elder tree. ... parts that can pierce these trees and reach their food — the tree’s sap.

Most young fruit trees need at least a few years of growth before they’re mature enough to bloom and set fruit. The Sensation box elder tree provides nice fall color in home landscapes.

Mitch Thompson of the ND Forest Service teaches readers about how to collect sap from boxelder trees. He writes, the "syrup has a very delicious and sweet taste, much like regular natural maple ...

Meet the Boxelder bug, a home invader of the fall that you may have never heard of. Here's what they look like. Meet the Boxelder bug, a home invader of the fall that you may have never heard of.

Boxelder bugs have a favorite tree, ... Boxelder bugs also live in other trees, as they are seed-feeders, and use their piercing mouths to draw sap from trees. Boxelder bugs have three generations.

Straight from the tree, maple sap is only about 2 percent sugar. ... while 60 gallons of box elder syrup are needed to make a gallon of syrup. Advertisement. Advertisement.

The black tracks in this box elder tree branch are fungus-lined tunnels created by the polyphagous shot hole borer. ... There may also be large sap stains around these holes.

Species that produce allelopaths include California bay, European bay, camphor tree, Eucalyptus trees, black walnut, tree-of-heaven, the so-called "miracle tree," chamise, red maple, box elder ...

Boxelder bugs have a favorite tree, and it’s called—you guessed it—the female boxelder tree. Boxelder trees are common in Ohio and are found in rural bottomlands and neglected urban areas, ...

Boxelder bugs have a favorite tree, and it’s called—you guessed it—the female boxelder tree. ... and use their piercing mouths to draw sap from trees. Boxelder bugs have three generations.