50 MISC. PUBLICATION 3 9 5, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



One Hundred Eastern Forest Trees — Continued 



Name 



Distribution 



Characteristics 



96. 



Pumpkin ash 



{Fraxinus 



Scattered, mostly east of 



Resembling red ash, but seeds are 





profunda). 





the Mississippi River. 



very 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 conspicuouslv down 











the sides of the seed body and is 











blunt. Swamp tree. 



98. 



Carolina ash 



caroliniana). 



{Fraxinus 



Southeastern States 



Leaflets oval-elongated, barely point- 

 ed; seeds with a very broad, short- 

 pointed wing. Swamp tree, often 

 on inundated river swamps. 



99. 



Ohio buckeye 



{Aesculus 



Ohio and Mississippi 



Leaves palmately compound like 





glabra). 





Valleys. 



horsechestnut; fruit knobby, prick- 

 ly, spherical. Small tree. 



10(1 



. Yellow buckeye {Aesculus 

 octandra). 



do 



Leaves resembling the preceding, 

 but fruit smooth. Large tree (90 















feet high). 



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