Boxelder

Acer negundo

Boxelders tend to grow in a range of habitats, including floodplains, streambanks, and waste places. You will find this particular boxelder sapling growing by the North Fork Salt Creek streambank, right next to the Kent Road bridge. This tree stood out to me because of the stage of growth it was in: a well-established sapling with portions of green branches that had not fully developed bark yet, although it was fall.