i 4 o KEY TO GENERA AND SPECIES 



odor of Elder. A small tree growing in cold 

 swamps or wet places. In swamps and 

 along river banks from Newfoundland to 

 the Great Lakes; also southward, mainly 



Fig. 266. Black Ash. Fig. 267. Red Ash. 



in the mountains. (Fig. 266.) Black Ash, 

 Hoop Ash, Basket Ash, Brown Ash, Swamp 

 Ash, Fraxinus nigra Marsh. 



203. Leaflets green above, pale beneath. Leaf axis 

 (rhachis) usually without reddish wool. 

 Cult. Native in Eurasia. (Fig. 268.) 

 European Ash, Fraxinus excelsior L. 



