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Common: Green Ash

Scientific: Fraxinus pennsylvanica

                Leaf:    
           
             Type: Compound
           
             Form:     1. Vein- Palmate
                           2. Apex- Bristle-pointed
                           3. Margin- Toothed
                           4. Base- Oblique or one-sided

             Arrangement: Opposite

Flower: No                                          

           Description: none

           Fruit:    No

                                        Description: none

     Twig: Thin, light brown, slende

       
    Bark: Brown, ridged
  
    Form: Oval.

                                    Uses: very popular ornamental tree, used as a shade tree in lawns, parks, & commercial                                                         planting
                                                Origin (location):  Pennsylvania.

                                                                   Distribution:  

                                                                                                         Zones 2-9

                           Images:

                           Map:   Lat N. 40’ 39’ 56.7

                                                           Long W. 88’ 53’ 46.3

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                              References:  Tree Identification Guide:

http://home.sullivan.k12.il.us/teachers/brunner/tree/tree%20key.html

http://stmarysschool.net/greenash.html