Description of Native Trees 



122. Ash-leaved Maple. Box-elder. (Negundo aceroides.) 



Leaf : odd-pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 3-5 (rarely 7), 2'-4' long, 

 unequally and coarsely serrate (the terminal quite often lobed), 

 ovate, apex sharp. Flower : small, greenish, before or with 

 leaves in drooping clusters ; April, May. Fruit : winged seeds 

 as in maple. Range : Pennsylvania to Wisconsin, and south. 

 Cultivated. (PI. IV.) 



123. White Ash. (Fraxinus americana.) 



Leaf : 8'-i2', odd-pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 5-9, 3-5' long, 

 minutely serrate or entire, ovate to lance-oblong, apex pointed, 

 dull above, lighter beneath, with distinct stem. Flower : in- 

 conspicuous, clustered ; April, May. Fruit : seeds long-winged 

 from apex ; leaf-stalks and branchlets smooth. (PI. XII.) 



124. Red Ash. (Fraxinus pubescens.) 



Leaf: io'-i2', odd-pinnate, opposite; leaflets, 7-9, 3'-5' long, 

 finely serrate or entire, ovate to lance-oblong, apex tapering, 

 short-stemmed ; leaf-stalks and branchlets thickly soft-hairy. 

 Flower: inconspicuous ; May. Fruit: seed margined and with 

 long wing from apex. Commoner eastward. 



125. Black Ash. Water Ash. (Fraxinus sambucifolia.) 



Leaf: io'-i 5', odd-pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 7-1 1 (rarely 13), 

 3'-5' long, serrate, lance-oblong, apex tapering, steynless (except 

 the end one), dark green, smooth throughout ; crushed, smells like 

 elder. Flower: inconspicuous ; May. Fruit : seed margined 

 all around with long wing ; buds blackish. (PI. XII.) 



126. Green Ash. (Fraxinus viridis.) 



Leaf: io'-i2', odd-pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 5-9, 3'-5' long, 

 serrate, oval, apex tapering, both sides bright green, smooth 

 throughout, stemmed ; bud grayish-brown. Fruit : seed mar- 

 gined all around, with long wing at apex ; possibly only a va- 

 riety of red ash. 



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