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Box Elder Sapling Vs Poison Ivy

Box Elder Sapling Vs Poison Ivy. The third photo looks opposite like boxelder. 7 rows box elder can grow well in full sun or partial shade.

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Box elder is in the maple family. The stems of a poison ivy is also hairless, while the boxelder’s stem has small hairs. Their main difference is that boxelder has yellow fall color, lacks the hairy aerial rootlets and does not have berries.

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This is a box elder seedling growing above some poison ivy to bottom left. The veining is also very similar, if not identical. Looks like a manitoba maple acer negundo seedling.

The One Main Difference Is That The Leaves Don’t Reliably Come In.


Not an ivy nor an elder. ( acer negunda) the leaves do resemble poison ivy, but poison ivy's compound leaves are placed alternately on the vine, while box elder's compound leaves are opposite. It also has 3 to 5 leaves instead of just 3, and the leaves are arranged opposite each other on the stem.

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The stems of a poison ivy is also hairless, while the boxelder’s stem has small hairs. Their main difference is that boxelder has yellow fall color, lacks the hairy aerial rootlets and does not have berries. I can't see them clearly in the first 2 photos.

The Third Photo Looks Opposite Like Boxelder.


Poison ivy or box elder. How can you tell the difference between box elder saplings and poison ivy? Poison ivy’s stems are smooth, while boxelder’s are rough.

These Look Like Boxelder Seedlings/Suckers.


A place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care. 4.2m members in the gardening community. Poison ivy will have leaves on petioles that alternate along the stem and boxelder leaves will be opposite.

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