RED ASH (Fraxinus Pennsylvanica, Marsh). A small, 

 spreading tree, 40 to 60 feet high, with irregular, compact 

 head of twiggy branches. Bark reddish, closely furrowed, 

 scaly; young twigs pubescent. Buds small, dark brown, 

 nodes close together. Leaves 10 to 12 inches long, of 7 to 9 

 leaflets, lanceolate, coarsely serrate, on short stalks, smooth, 

 yellow green above, silvery pubescence on petioles and leaf- 

 linings; yellow in fall. Flowers May, with leaves; dioecious, 

 in hairy panicles; pistillate greenish, inconspicuous. Fruit 

 slender, clustered keys, 1 to 2 inches long, on hairy stems; 

 wing 1 inch long and extending halfway around the body. 

 Preferred habitat, moist soil near streams or lakes. Dist.: 

 New Brunswick to Ontario and the Black Hills in Dakota; 

 south to Florida, Alabama, and Nebraska. Uses: Inferior 

 to white ash in all ways. Often planted in eastern United 

 States for shade and ornament. 



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