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ONE HUNDRED EASTERN FOREST TREES— Continued 



Name 



Distribution 



Characteristics 



94. 



Red ash (Fraxinus pennsyl- 



Eastern United States 



Differs from white ash in having young 





vanica). 





twigs and leaflets (beneath) velvety 

 and wing of seed extending down 

 along sides of seed body, which is 

 narrow. A low-ground tree. 



% 



Green ash (Fraxinus penn- 



do 



Like the preceding, except twigs are 





sylvanica lanceolata). 





smooth, leaflets sharply toothed; 

 ,body of seed and pointed wing very 

 narrow. Low-ground tree. 



% 



Pumpkin ash (Fraxinus pro- 



Southern States . 



Resembling red ash, but seeds are very 





funda) . 





much larger, sometimes twice the 

 size. Swamp tree. 



97. 



Black ash (Fraxinus nigra) . 



Northern and Lake States 



Leaflets stemless, finely toothed, 7 to 

 11; seeds with a flat, wide wing, which 

 extends conspicuously down the 

 sides of the seed body and is blunt. 

 Swamp tree. 



Leaflets oval-elongated, barely pointed; 



98. 



Water ash (Fraxinus caro- 



Southeastern States 





liniana). 





seeds with a very broad, short- 

 pointed wing. Swamp tree, often 

 on inundated river swamps. 



99. 



Ohio buckeye (Aesculus 



Ohio and Mississippi Valleys,. 



Leaves palmately compound like horse- 





glabra). 





chestnut; fruit knobby, prickly, 

 spherical. Small tree. 



KJL 



. Yellow buckeye (Aesculus 



do 



Leaves resembling the preceding, but 





octandra). 





fruit smooth. Large tree (90 feet 

 high). 



