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Part of ash / lilac / olive family Oleaceae.
Native to 🇺🇸 USA South and mid-Atlantic. 🌎︎ Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (colors), 🌎︎ map (North America, Central America).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Although not an ash genus Fraxinus, this tree is sometimes attacked by parasitic insect emerald ash borer (EAB) Agrilus planipennis.
One of our friends call these trees "bee magnets."
Planting info (SW Michigan).
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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╫ opposite, 🍁︎🍂︎ simple