244 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



Probably the red ash owes its name to the ruddy 

 color on the inner surface of the rough outer bark on 

 the branches ; but I have also noticed that the very 

 young shoots have a decidedly ruddy or rusty colored 

 downy surface. 



The red ash is found in low, rich, moist soU from 

 Maine to eastern Nebraska and the Black Hills of the 

 Dakotas; southward it extends to northern Florida 

 and central Alabama. West of the Alleghany Moun- 

 tains the tree is less common and smaller 

 than it is in the East. 



Green Ash. The green ash is consid- 

 Fraxinus mridis. ered by Prof . C S. Sar- 

 Pennmjhanica, gent a variety of the 

 ^^x.ianceoiata. foregoing spocies. The 

 branchlets, leaves, and stems are quite 

 smooth, without any downiness except a 

 very slight amount sometimes found in the 

 angles of the ribs on the under side of the 

 leaflets; there are five to nine of these, 

 Seed o( the and they are distinctly toothed and some- 



GreenAsh. '' '' 



what narrowed at the base ; the color is 

 bright green above and a very slightly paler green 

 below. 



The green ash is distributed from the eastern 

 shore of Lake Champlain through the Appalachian 

 region to northern Florida, and throughout the 



