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twigs=◼︎ square w/corky wings; bark=breaks into plates; seed is ½ length of helicopter wide wing◼︎ blue ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
OR they are NOT, but with … leaf scar[?] shape=℧ horseshoe; bark=ridged with narrow-◊-diamond-shapes◼︎ white ash Fraxinus americana
OR they are NOT (leaf scar shape=◗ semicircle or ⬮ oval), but with … twigs=rusty hairy; buds=rusty hairy; outer-bark inner-face=reddish◼︎ red ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
OR they are NOT, but with … buds=near-black; bark=smooth can-be-rubbed-off◼︎ black ash Fraxinus nigra
OR they are NOT, but with … buds=red-brown; bark=ridged firm; leaf scar[?] shape=D◗◼︎◼︎ red ash variant green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Part of ash / lilac / olive family Oleaceae.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Fraxinus hosts caterpillars of 150 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
Formerly abundant in much of North America and Europe, in much of their ranges, all native ashes with stem diameter over 2½ cm (1 in) (taller than a basketball hoop or so) have been or are now being killed by parasitic insect emerald ash borer (EAB) Agrilus planipennis. Although we hear that some communities and homeowners have protected their favorite adult ash trees through annual treatments. Details?
Native alternatives for ashes killed by EAB (Missouri Botanical Garden).
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branches ╫ opposite
◼︎ white fringe tree Chionanthus virginicus ◼︎ white ash Fraxinus americana ◼︎ black ash Fraxinus nigra ◼︎◼︎ red ash and variant green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica ◼︎ blue ash Fraxinus quadrangulata hoptree Ptelea trifoliata 🗻︎ European mountain ash Sorbus aucuparia 🗻︎ American mountain ash Sorbus americana