Hey all. My very un familiar eyes came across this in my yard. Depending on what angle I take the picture google tells me its either posion ivy or a Boxelder Maple. If someone can please help me id if I can continue normal clean up or need to handle appropriately for posion ivy.
Thank you for your time!
by Huge_Janus_Returns
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North East Ohio btw.
Looks like a Boxelder to me.
Boxelder maple, Acer negundo. Note the leaves are opposite each other on the stem. Poison ivy leaves are alternate.
You definitely do not want a Box Elder growing near your foundation.
I was about to say poison ivy but box elder also resembles this 🤔
tricky one! PI and box elder are tough to tell apart as youngins but i think this is Acer negundo bc you can see it’s growing upward w opposite leaves branching from the main stem. if it was PI it’d be growing much more like a vine by now
Looks like boneless to me too, but PULL IT OUT to be safe!
Thats a Boxelder tree, a type of maple. If it is near a structure, you need to murder it NOW.
Not trim it, not train it, fucking get rid of it.
After a nearly ten year struggle – it was completely salt saturated boiling water that got me the victory.
But not before the root system and various branches had obliterated the entire corner of the shed. The highest it ever got where we could SEE it was about 12 inches.
Every time you trim it back, the root system doubles down in defiance.
Across the street, they’re getting ready to deal with one that started growing in the sewer. I saw it, called them three years ago. Now, it’s bad enough they’ll have to open the whole thing up about it.
Genuinely, sincerely and quickly – eradicate that fucking thing.
Definitely Poison ivy. Spray with Weed Be Gone or the generic equivalent. Wear disposable plastic gloves while cleaning up the resulting deed plant.
box elder
There is only one way to know for certain rub it on you face and see what happens
Boxelder maples are a no good shit tree. Keep an eye out for boxelder bugs (black and red insects resembling shield shaped beetles). You may see the mother boxelder nearby.
Not maple
It is in the Acer family with Maples, but it’s a Boxelder Tree.