PORTNEUF VALLEY TREE GUIDE - City of Pocatello

Boxelder, SensationAcer negundo ‘Sensation’26Z 2-9Mature size: 35’h x 30’wGrowth rate: medium to fastAvailability: readilyA cultivar of our native boxelder,‘Sensation’ has a more controlledgrowth, improved branchstructure, and more uniformcrown. Medium green leavesturn red in fall. Green to redbrownstems. ‘Sensation’ doesn’tproduce fruit. Very tolerant ofharsh conditions. The species isnot recommended; it has weakwood and poor branch structure.Where to see: Taysom Park; HoltArena south parking lot behindISU Education Bldg.© Michael KuhnsBuckeye, OhioAesculus glabraZ 3-7Mature size: 30’h x 20’wGrowth rate: mediumAvailability: requestOne of the first trees to leaf outin spring. Leaves emerge lightgreen and deepen to dark greenthen orange to red-brown in fall.Upright pyramidal clusters ofyellow-green flowers becomeprickly, leathery husks that opento reveal shiny brown seeds(buckeyes). Branches begin lowon the trunk, swooping down andthen upward. Hardy and droughttolerant.Where to see: ISU west of Educ.Bldg.; 1642 Monte Vista.© Michael Kuhns© Michael KuhnsMedium Deciduous Trees