Description of Native Trees 
122. Ash-leaved Maple. Box-elder. (Negundo aceroides.) 
LeaF : odd-pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 3-5 (rarely 7), 2’-4' long, 
unequally and coarsely serrate (the terminal quite often lobed), 
ovate, apex sharp. FLOWER: small, greenish, before or with 
leaves in drooping clusters ; April, May. Fruit: winged seeds 
as in maple. RANGE: Pennsylvania to Wisconsin, and south. 
Cultivated. (Pl. IV.) 
123. White Ash. (Fraxinus americana.) 
LEAF: 8'-12', odd-pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 5-9, 3'-5’ long, 
minutely serrate or entire, ovate to lance-oblong, apex pointed, 
dull above, lighter beneath, with distinct stem. FLOWER: in- 
conspicuous, clustered; April, May. FRuir: seeds long-winged 
Jrom apex ; \eaf-stalks and branchlets smooth. (Pl. XII.) 
124. Red Ash. (Fraxinus pubescens.) 
LEAF: 10-12’, odd-pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 7-9, 3-5’ long, 
finely serrate or entire, ovate to lance-oblong, apex tapering, 
short-stemmed ; leaf-stalks and branchlets ¢hickly soft-hairy. 
FLOWER: inconspicuous ; May. FRvuIT: seed margined and with 
long wing from apex. Commoner eastward. 
125. Black Ash. Water Ash. (Fraxinus sambucifolia.) 
LEAF: 10-15’, odd-pinnate, opposite; leaflets, 7-11 (rarely 13), 
3-5’ long, serrate, lance-oblong, apex tapering, stem/ess (except 
the end one), dar2 green, smooth throughout ; crushed, smells like 
elder. FLOWER: inconspicuous; May. FRuIT: seed margined 
all around with long wing ; duds blackish. (Pl. XII.) 
126. Green Ash, (Fraxinus viridis.) 
LEAF: 10'-12’, odd-pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 5-9, 3'-5’ long, 
serrate, oval, apex tapering, Jof4 sides bright green, smooth 
throughout, stemmed; bud grayish-brown. FRUuIT: seed mar- 
gined all around, with long wing at apex; possibly only a va- 
riety of red ash. 
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