. Our northern shrubs and how to identify them : a handbook for the nature-lover . Shrubs. RUTACEJE—rue family PRICKLY ASH Xa n th dxylu m a merit a n u m. Derived from two Greek words, xanthos, yellow, and xylon, wood. Low branching, sometimes becoming a small tree, usually four to twelve feet high; growing in rocky woods and on river banks. Ranges from Quebec to Virginia especially along the mountains, west to Minnesota, Ne- braska, and Missouri. Bark, leaves, and fruit pungent and aromatic ; stems and often leaf-stalks prickly; wood pale, yellowish brown. Bark. — Branchlets pale brown, down
. Our northern shrubs and how to identify them : a handbook for the nature-lover . Shrubs. RUTACEJE—rue family PRICKLY ASH Xa n th dxylu m a merit a n u m. Derived from two Greek words, xanthos, yellow, and xylon, wood. Low branching, sometimes becoming a small tree, usually four to twelve feet high; growing in rocky woods and on river banks. Ranges from Quebec to Virginia especially along the mountains, west to Minnesota, Ne- braska, and Missouri. Bark, leaves, and fruit pungent and aromatic ; stems and often leaf-stalks prickly; wood pale, yellowish brown. Bark. — Branchlets pale brown, downy ; later smooth, light gray; finally dark gray. Winter buds. — Round, reddish brown, with two, short, sharp prickles just beneath. Leaves.—Alternate, pinnately com- pound, dotted with oil glands ; leaflets five to eleven, nearly sessile, one and one-fourth to two inches long, ovate or ovate - oblong, wedge - shaped or rounded at base, entire or crenulate, acute at apex ; when full grown are dark green above, pale green and. Leaf of Prickly Ash. Leaflets l' to 2' Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
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