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WOOD AND FOREST. 



66 



Bed Ash. 



Eed, from color of inner bark. 



Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marshall. Fraxinus piiliescens Lambert. 

 63. Engelmann's spruce. 



Fraxinus, from a Greek word (phraxis) meaning split, refers to the 

 cleavability of the wood ; pennsylvanica, in honor of the State of Pennsyl- 

 vania; pubescens, refers to down on new leaves and twigs. 



Habitat: (See map); 

 best east of Alleghany 

 mountains. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree : Height, 40'-60' ; di- 

 ameter, 13"-18"; small, 

 slim, upright branches; 

 bark, brown or ashy, great, 

 shallow, longitudinal fur- 

 rows; leaves, 10"-12" 

 long, pinnately compound, 

 7 to rt leaiiets, covered 

 with down; fruit, single 

 samara. 



Appearance of Wood: 



Color, light brown, sap- 

 wood lighter and yellow- 

 ish; ring porous; rings, 

 marked by pores ; grain, 

 straight, coarse; rays, 

 numerous, thin. 



Physical ftualities : 



Weight, medium (28th in 



this list), 39 lbs. per cu. 



Leaf. ft- ; sp. gr., 0.6251 ; strong 



