There is a common native tree that helps wildlife survive winter by providing both food and shelter. That tree is the humble box elder, Acer negundo. Even though they are a type of maple, box elder ...

Moorhead - The box elder may be the Rodney Dangerfield of the tree world. Dismissed for its irregular form, weak wood and association with box elder bugs, the lowly tree gets no respect. But the ...

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 or ...