White Ash
(Wide & Flat: Opposite Arrangement) |
| A large tree, often up to 80 ft. or more usually with a long straight
trunk commonly found on rich soils. The wood is used for sporting goods (especially
baseball bats), handles, agricultural tools, and furniture. The juice from the
leaf has been reported to relieve mosquito bite itching. Fall foliage colors range
from brilliant yellow to dark maroon. |
Fraxinus americana L.
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| Leaves |
| Opposite, compound, about 10" long, with 5-9 leaflets
each 3"-5" long, short-stalked, silvery beneath, margins entire or with
a few rounded teeth toward the tip. |
| Twigs |
| Stout, usually smooth, gray-brown with a few pale lenticels
and a white, waxy coating which is easily rubbed off called a bloom. Buds rusty
to dark brown, blunt with adjoining leaf scars half-circular and notched at the
top. The first pair of lateral buds usually at the base of the end bud causing
a terminal enlargement of the twig (compare with Black ash). |
| Fruit |
| A winged seed, called a samara, usually 1 to 2 inches
long and 1/4 inch wide, shaped like a canoe paddle with a rounded tip and hanging
in clusters which remain attached for several months after ripening in autumn. |
| Bark |
| Gray-brown, evenly furrowed into diamond shaped areas
separated by narrow interlacing ridges, slightly scaly on very old trees. |
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