. Common trees of Ohio : a handy pocket manual of the common and introduced trees of Ohio. Trees -- Ohio. 100 Common Trees BLUE ASH Fraxinus quadrangulata, Michaux THE Blue Ash is perhaps the easiest of all our native ash trees to recognize. At all seasons of the year it can be identified by its four-sided twigs with four ridges projecting out from the bark. On very vigorous shoots corky wings extend out from these ridges. In summer its inner bark yields a blue color- ing if mixed with water, whence its name Blue Ash. The leaves are opposite, greenish- yellow, compound with 7 to 11 leaf- lets
. Common trees of Ohio : a handy pocket manual of the common and introduced trees of Ohio. Trees -- Ohio. 100 Common Trees BLUE ASH Fraxinus quadrangulata, Michaux THE Blue Ash is perhaps the easiest of all our native ash trees to recognize. At all seasons of the year it can be identified by its four-sided twigs with four ridges projecting out from the bark. On very vigorous shoots corky wings extend out from these ridges. In summer its inner bark yields a blue color- ing if mixed with water, whence its name Blue Ash. The leaves are opposite, greenish- yellow, compound with 7 to 11 leaf- lets borne on very short stalks or sometimes stalk- less. The veins, midribs and leaflet stalks are perma- nently pubescent. The rest of the leaf is generally smooth. The fruit is winged to the base. The wing com- pletely surrounds the seed. It re- sembles that of the Black Ash. BLUE ASH The bark is light gray, scaly or flaky, not fissured. It is similar to that of Black Ash. The wood is intermediate in quality between that of White Ash and Black Ash and is generally sold as White Ash. The Blue Ash ranges from southern Ontario to Iowa and south to northern Alabama and Arkansas. It is common on the limestone soils of southwestern Ohio, becommg rare north of the latitude of Columbus and east of Adams and Licking counties. Limestone hills, intervales and uplands arc its favorite home. This tree reaches a height of 100 feet and a diameter of 3 feet, but is becoming too scarce to be of great commercial 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 Illick, Joseph S. (Joseph Simon), 1884-1967; Secrest, Edmund, b. 1882. Washington, D. C. : The American Tree Association
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