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ward to western Florida to the valley of the lower Apalachicola River, Dallas County, 

 Alabama, central Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma to Comanche County, and Texas to 

 the valley of the Guadalupe River; most abundant in the basin of the Mississippi River: 



Fig- 750 



attaining its largest size on the rich bottom-lands of eastern Texas and here often 60-70 

 high, with a trunk 2-3 in diameter; on the southern Appalachian Mountains ascending to 

 altitudes of 2000-2500. As it usually grows in the east with its bright green glabrous 

 leaves and glabrous branchlets the Green Ash appears distinct from the Red Ash, but trees 

 occur over the area which it inhabits, but more often westward, with slightly pubescent 

 leaves and branchlets which may be referred as well to one tree as to the other and make it 

 impossible to distinguish satisfactorily as species the Green and Red Ash. 



Often planted as a shade and ornamental tree in the middle western and occasionally in 

 the eastern states, but less valuable than the White Ash. 



13. Fraxinus Berlandieriana DC. 



Leaves S'-7' long, with a slender petiole, and 3-5 lanceolate, elliptic or obovate leaflets, 

 acuminate or abruptly acuminate or acute at apex, cuneate or rarely rounded at base, 



Fig. 751 



