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Tree little above medium size, from 40 to nearly 60 feet high and over a foot in 

 diameter, with stout branches and spreading branehlets. 



Distinguished from F. americana by the A r elvety twigs and petioles, clove-brown 

 buds, and the elliptical body of the large samara. 



Carolinian area. North Carolina and northern Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region ; Coosa hills, rocky creek banks. Cullman County. 

 St. Glair County, near Ashville. Jackson County, Sand Mountain (Biltmore Herb.), 

 from 700 to 900 feet altitude. Local and scarce, individuals occurring singly. 



The tree on Rines Creek, Cullman County, fully 16 inches ill diameter and 60 feet 

 high. 



Economic uses : Timber tree. 



Type locality : "Biltmore, N. C." (Altitude 1,900 feet.) 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Fraxiiius laiiceolata Borkh. Handb. Forst. Bot. 1 : 826. 1800. GREEN ASH. 



Fraxinus viridis Michx. Hist. Arb. Am. 3 : 115. t. 10. 1813. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 336. Chap. Fl. 370. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 259. Gray, 

 Sy n. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 75. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 6 : 5, t. 272. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario to Saskatchewan; New England west 

 to Minnesota, the eastern ranges of the Rocky Mountains, Montana, and Utah; 

 southward to Florida and the Gulf States, extending to Texas and eastern and 

 northern Arizona. 



ALABAMA: Throughout the State. In low forests subject to overflow. Flowers 

 March, April; fruit ripe July. A tree of medium to large size, of best development 

 in the alluvial forests of the lower Alabama and Tombigbee rivers, where trees 

 over 2 feet in diameter are not infrequently met with. 



Economic uses: Timber tree; important' for lumber and fuel. 



Type locality : 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Fraxinus caroliniana Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 6. 1786. WATER ASH. POP ASH. 

 Fraxinus platycarpa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 256. 1803. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : 673. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 336. Chap. Fl. 370. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 



75. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 6 : 35, t. 274. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Virginia along the coast to 

 southern Florida, west to Louisiana and southern Arkansas. 



ALABAMA. Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Deep swamps of alluvial forests, wet 

 shaded banks of pine-barren streams. Tuscaloosa, Clarke, Baldwin, and Mobile 

 counties. Flowers February (16th), fruit shed in October. Frequent. Tree below 

 medium size, rarely over 30 feet high and 12 inches in diameter. Frequent. 



Type locality: "Raised from seeds which were sent from Carolina in the year 

 1824, by Mr. Catesby." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Fraxinus quadrangulata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 255. 1803. BLUE ASH. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 336. Chap. FL 370. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 75. Sargent, 

 Silv. N. A. 6: 35, *. 263. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, 

 and the mountains of North Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Dry limestone hills and cedar brakes. Madison 

 County, Huntsville. Jackson County, Scottsboro. Occurring only on the northern 

 declivity of the Tennessee Valley, greatly reduced in size, scarcely over 30 feet high, 

 and 6 to 8 inches in diameter. Not frequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Kentucky et Tennassee." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ADELIA P. Br. Hist. Jam. 361. 1756. 

 ( FORESTIERA Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 2 : 664. 1811. ) 

 Ten species. West Indies, warmer North America, 8. 



Adelia acuminata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 225, t. 48. 1803. SWAMP PRIVET. 



Forestiera acuminata Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 2 : 664. 1811. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : (>75. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 336. Chap. Fl. 370. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 



76. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 260. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Tennessee, southern Illinois, southern Missouri, 

 and Arkansas, south to Florida, west to Texas and the Colorado Valley. 



ALABAMA- Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Miry banks of rivers. Mobile 

 County, Mount Vetnon Baldwin County, Stockton. Flowers March, April; fruit 

 ripe, not frequent, September, October, black. 



