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The Red Ash is ;i tree of medium size, riirely 

 attaining a greater heiglit than 40-(i0 ft. or a 

 greater thickness of trunk than 2 ft. Wlieii 

 isolated from otlier trees it develops a broad- 

 ovoid or somewhat pyramidal top similar t:i 

 that of the White Ash, which it also resembles 

 in character of bark. It inhabits low rich 

 bottom-lands and the margins of swamps and 

 streams, in company with the Hackberry, Elms, 

 Swamp, Pin and Water Oaks, Bitter-niit 

 Hickory, Red and Silver Maples, Sweet and 

 Sour Gums, etc. It is not generally distin- 

 g;uished by tlie common people from the White 

 Ash, which, however, is more a tree of up- 

 land regions and a tree of more vigorous 

 growth and ornamental character. The Red 

 Ash is said to ttxke its name from the reddish 

 tolor of the inner bark of the branches. 



The wood is rather light, a cubic foot when 

 dry weighing 38.06 lbs., hard and strong, and 

 applied to the same uses as is that of the 

 White Ash, though somewhat inferior to it in 

 quality. 2 



Leaves 7-12 in. long, with velvety pubescent 

 petioles and rachise.s, and 7-0 oblong-lanceolate or 

 ovate petiolulate leaflets, unequally cuneate at 

 base, usually acuminate at apex, obscurely serrate 

 or entire below, tomentose at first, at maturity 

 lustrous yellow-,<!:reen above paler and tomentose 

 tteneath ; branchlets velvety but sometimes becom- 

 ing glabrous by the close of tbe first season. 

 Flowers dioecious, petals wanting ; stamens sub- 

 tended by the persistent calyx. Fruit: samara. 

 1-2 in. long, with slender terete tapering body, 

 margined above b.v tbe thin decurrent linear or 

 ■spatulate wing wh'icb about equals it in length. 



1. Syn. Framnus pnbesecns Lam. 



2. A. W., II, 31. 



