Need help with tree ID

Ashleaf Maple

Boxelder. Ain't too bad.

(I think Ashleaf Maple is another nickname for it, maybe because of the compound leaf?)

Box Elder, also called Ashleaf Maple. It is related to maples, but the leaves look like ash leaves, hence the name. I think the wood is softer, and thus less dense, than most other maples. I'd categorize it as decent firewood.

Wood Duck said:

Box Elder, also called Ashleaf Maple. It is related to maples, but the leaves look like ash leaves, hence the name. I think the wood is softer, and thus less dense, than most other maples. I'd categorize it as decent firewood.

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That's why I just learned to call it ashleaf maple - who the heck came up with Box Elder? - then I find this
"The names "Box Elder" and "Boxelder Maple" are based upon the similarity of its whitish wood to that of boxwood and the similarity of its pinnately compound leaves with those of some species of elder.[6] This is the only North American maple with compound leaves.[5]"

It's box elder. Also the black and red box elder bug nests in them. I've had hundreds in my house.

They grow back from the stump or roots. Its a weed. My BIL cut one down to a stub and it grew back with a vengance.
Renewable energy.
Box Elder and Ash leaf Maple are both correctly used, it has winged samaras that puts it in the maple class.
This is the only tree I feel repugnance for. The leaves look like Poison Ivy and it gives me the creeps.

Applesister said:

They grow back from the stump or roots. Its a weed. My BIL cut one down to a stub and it grew back with a vengance.
Renewable energy.
Box Elder and Ash leaf Maple are both correctly used, it has winged samaras that puts it in the maple class.
This is the only tree I feel repugnance for. The leaves look like Poison Ivy and it gives me the creeps.

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Amen, brother!

There's one in the back corner of our farm that I've been trying to kill for three years. The only tree I dislike more is ailanthus.

Boxelder burns OK, its a light weight maple. Sheep love eating the leaves. Like any maple, cut them down and they will sprout 10 more trees. The boxelder bugs can cluster in heaps and be a real nuisance around the house, but they are also common on a lot of other maple species here in the west.

Get some Tordon from like an agriculture store (tractor supply). Make a couple vertical slices in the stump. Pour a little in those slices and itll take care of the rest.

take some 100% glyphosate and an old paint brush with you, cut the tree, then coat the stump, especially the outer edges, cambrium, but I just coat the whole thing, gotta do it right after cutting, guarantee it won't grow back.

I found that Garlon (Triclopyr) or Crossbow (2,4-D and Triclopyr) work better on woody plants and trees than Roundup (glyphosate). I spent years spraying invasive species with all of these herbicides and some others, as well as using the hack and squirt method to thin younger trees in large stands. With that method you hack at a tree with a hatchet and squirt a Triclopyr mix into the slice. You can also just paint it on a fresh cut tree stump around the perimeter (the green cambium layer). The best blend for painting these herbicides onto stumps is with is a 50:50 mix of pure herbicide and agricultural oil. Do not use Triclopyr along streams and creeks though (its hard on aquatic life). I also used the 50:50 mix on blackberry, in a snip and dip method. Snip the ends of large canes and dip the ends into the ag oil blend.