Freshly budded leaves from a Box Elder native to New Mexico (Acer negundo interius).

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Size: 5034px × 3370px
Location: Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos, NM
Photo credit: © Elliot Schultz / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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