OLEACEAE 



SiNGLELEAF AsH. DWARF AsH 

 Fraxinus anomala Torr. 



HABIT. A shrub or small tree 18-20 feet high; crown round- 

 topped, with contorted branches. 



LEAVES. Usually single but rarely with 2-5 leaflets; broadly 

 ovate or suborbicular; 1-2 inches long (smaller if compound); 

 margins entire or sparingly crenate-serrate above middle; glab- 

 rous and dark green above, paler below. 



FLOWERS. In short panicles; appearing with leaves; per- 

 fect or unisexual by abortion of stamens; calyx cup-shaped, 

 minutely 4-toothed; corolla absent. 



FRUIT. Obovate-oblong; Yz inch long; wing rounded or 

 emarginate at apex, surrounding flattened seed cavity. 



TWIGS. Quadrangular, slightly winged, and orange-colored 

 at first; later round and ash-gray. Winter buds: terminal broad 

 ovoid, I/8-/4 inch long, covered by orange tomentum. 



BARK. Thin {Yi inch); dark brown sHghtly tinged with 

 red; divided by shallow furrows into narrow, scaly ridges. 



WOOD. Heavy; hard; close-grained; heartwood light brown; 

 sapwood lighter colored and thick; of no importance. 



SILVICAL CHARACTERS. Intolerant; in the neighbor- 

 hood of streams or on dry hillsides. 



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 Fragrant Ash. Flowering Ash 



Fraxinus cuspidata Torr. 



A handsome shrub or low tree with showy white flowers and 

 small leaves; seldom a tree in the United States; Upper Sono- 

 ran zone of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico. 



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Gregg Ash. Littleleaf Ash 

 Fraxinus greggii Gray 



This shrub or small tree, rarely 25 feet high, is characterized 

 by 3-7 leaflets which are less than 1 inch long, usually entire, 

 covered below with small, black dots, and obscurely veined; the 

 twigs, are slender and round, and the bark is thin and separates 

 into papery scales; it has been reported from Santa Cruz County, 

 Arizona, western Texas, and Mexico. 



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