Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Acer negundo var. violaceum [Acer interius] [Negundo interius]
Family
Sapindaceae
CommonName
box elder, Manitoba maple
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1986
LatestDate
1998
Ecosystem
basin
Geobotanical
LBasin
Counties
Costilla
Passes
WildlifePreserves
Great Sand Dunes
Other Localities
Comments
NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Box elder has three locations in the Watershed. Two are in Costilla Co: the city park of Manassa (1986) and a location withheld (1989). The third is the Great Sand Dunes NPP, documented by a photorecord from May 2023 (iNaturalist observation #163386844). Box elder is introduced to Colorado, but has naturalized along river and canyon bottoms. It is present in the Rio Grande drainage of New Mexico from Rio Arriba and Taos counties to the Mexican border.