OLEACEAE 



Black Ash 

 Fraxinus nigra Marsh. 



HABIT. A medium-sized tree 40-60 feet high and 1-2 feet 

 in diameter (max. 90 by bYz feet); narrow, small, open crown. 



LEAVES. 12-16 inches long; 7-13 leaflets, oblong to oblong- 

 lanceolate, 3-5 inches long, finely toothed, glabrous, dark green 

 above and paler below, sessile. 



FLOWERS. In loose panicles; polygamo-dioecious ; corolla 

 and calyx absent; appearing before the leaves. 



FRUIT. Oblong; 1-1% inches long; wing surrounding the 

 flat, indistinct seed cavity; falling early or late. 



TWIGS. Rounded; stout; gray; glabrous. Winter buds; 14 

 inch long, ovoid-conical, nearly black, nearly glabrous. 



BARK. Thin; gray; smooth, becoming scaly. 



WOOD. Moderately important; softer and weaker than 

 white ash. 



SILVICAL CHARACTERS. Intolerant; wet sites. 



Carolina Ash. Water Ash 

 Fraxinus caroliniana Mill. {Fraxinus paucijiora Nutt.) 



This small, unimportant tree is found in coastal or river swamps 

 from Virginia to Florida and west to Arkansas and Texas. It is 

 characterized by leaves 7-12 inches long with usually 7 thin, 

 mostly glabrous, stalked leaflets; and an oblong-obovate to 

 elliptic fruit, frequently 3-winted, with a compressed seed cavity 

 which is more than half the length of the wing. 



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