

TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA 95 



north side of Bowlin's creek, opposite Glenn. Burnie 

 Farm. 



158. Fraxinus Smallii Britton. Small's Ash. 



Small's Ash is very common along larger streams 

 and in low grounds in Orange and -Mecklenburg 

 Counties, and no doubt in most of the Piedmont sec- 

 tion. Its distribution has not as yet been well work- 

 ed out. It is distinguished from the others by the 

 rather plump seed with a broad wing, which is 3-4 

 sixteenths inch wide and descends at least half way 

 down its side. The twigs are smooth and so are the 

 leaves, except along the veins beneath. The fruit is 

 like that of the White Ash, but differs in the dis- 

 tinctly decurrent wing, and in the leaves being green 

 beneath as in the Red Ash, not silvery as in the 

 White Ash. Examples : trees along New Hope Creek 

 at Durham road crossing, and on Morgan's Creek at 

 Pittsboro road crossing. 



159. Fraxinus caroliniana Mill. Water Ash. 



This tree inhabits, in this state, only the deeper 

 swamps of the lower half of the coastal plain, where, 

 except for the rare Pumpkin Ash, it is the only 

 species of the genus. It is easily distinguished from 

 all the others by the very wide, veined wing which ex- 

 tends all around the slender seed; not rarely there 

 are three wings extending out from the side of the 

 fruit. The Water Ash is a rather small tree and the 

 wood is inferior to most other ashes. 



