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Plants
The maple that does not look like one: three to five leaflets on green twigs.
Field facts
HabitatRiverbanks, disturbed ground, alleys
RangeStatewide
When to lookKeys hang through winter
StatusSecure (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesAsh saplings, Poison Ivy vine — three leaflets
Field note: Boxelder bugs gather on the female trees by the thousand in autumn.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Often dismissed as a weed tree, yet it holds eroding banks together.
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