Manitoba maple

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a deciduous tree, Acer negundo, common in western Canada; box elder.

Quotations

1887

I have a good sized bag of Manitoba maple, as it is called, the Negunda Acreoids or ash leaved maple.

1913

The Manitoba Maple . . . is generally found growing in river or creek bottoms, or on rich moist soil.

1963

Separated from the farmyard by a fine grove of Manitoba maples and Russian poplars . . . stands an eight- or ten-roomed house. . . .