Blue Ash
Leaf Characteristics
- broad, flat
- compound
- pinnately compound
- margins toothed
- leaflets similar in size and shape
- leaves opposite
- leaflets with short stems
- leaflets regularly toothed
- whole leaf 8" to 12" long
Fruit Characteristics
- single winged
- elongate
- seed cavity round or flattened
- fruit straight
- wider, oblong
Blue Ash
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Fraxinus quadrangulata
Unlike the firm, ridged bark of White Ash and Green Ash trees, the gray bark of the Blue Ash fissures and separates into shaggy and scaly plates. The tree grows on limestone soils, often on stream bluffs. In Ohio it mostly is limited to the western half of the state. The wood is similar to White Ash wood and is use