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.

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 ...

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.

Boxelder bugs are named after a tree that hosts them. Boxelder bugs have a favorite tree, ... and use their piercing mouths to draw sap from trees. Boxelder bugs have three generations.

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.

Q I was cleaning out a flower bed around my maple tree and the leaves and weeds were just crawling with some kind of red bug, hundreds of them. What are they? Are they doing anything to my plants ...

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.