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Box elder trees can be tapped for maple-like syrup

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 ...
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Collecting the sweet syrup of boxelder trees is the perfect way ring in spring

Spring can be an exciting time to start getting outside after a long, cold winter in North Dakota. And what better reason than if there is sweet maple syrup as an end result? While we don’t have lush ...
Washington Times

Project at Fort Stevenson park taps into box elder trees

GARRISON, N.D. (AP) - Soon, in North Dakota, the sap will start rising in the trees as they awaken from their long winter dormancy. Chad Trautman plans to divert some of that sap - a sugary liquid ...
Rapid City Journal

North Dakota state park manager tapping box elder trees to make syrup

Trautman a year ago began boiling the trees' sap until it became syrup. The process is similar to the one used in Vermont where maple trees are common. Trautman's effort last year produced between 10 ...