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Native Trees cf Canada 



conditions it reaches a height of 60 to 70 ft. and over, but commonly is consider- 

 ably less. In Canada its wood is not used commercially. 



The bark is light grey and broken into thin scales. When cut it exudes a 

 resinous juice which turns bluish on exposure. 



The branchlets are rather heavy and more or less four-sided in cross-section. 



This enables it to be distinguished from the other ashes. The winter buds are 

 reddish-brown and slightly hairy. 



The leaf, like that of all ashes, is compound, i.e., made up of several smaller 

 leaflets. The leaflets have very short stems and the underside of their midrib is 

 hairy. The margin of the leaflets is notched with many incurved teeth. 



The wing of the seed resembles very much that of the black ash. It is very 

 wide, blunt, notched at the end, and practically surrounds the seed portion. 



FRAXINUS NIGRA, Marsh. BLACK ASH 



Common names: Black ash, swamp ash, water ash, brown ash 



(Maritime Provinces), hoop ash. 

 French names: Frene noir, frene a feuilles de sureau. 



In Canada the black ash is distributed from the gulf of vSt. Lawrence to Mani- 

 toba and is found growing in river bottoms and swamps. 



