The White Ash is a tall tree (80 feet) and has a bole diameter of three feet or more.
The trunk is dark with ridges and furrows. Leaves are ten inches long
and hairless and lighter underneath.
They are toothed and have relatively long stalks.
The twigs are brown, hairless with round cross-section and have short brown pointy buds.
The seed pods are narrow singlet wings with no base wings and are about five inches long.
Flowers are small and hang in dense clusters from leaf scars.
The growing region is from Texas to Maine. The "white" name comes from the
fine grained white wood often used for making skis.
Ash is a hardwood tree which provides ornamental value to many homes and city residences.
The wood is used for furniture, baseball bats and baskets and as fuel for wood stoves.
The bark and seed pods are used as a food supply by deer, porcupine and birds.
| Leaves |
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| Lobes | Type | Margin | Veins | Shape |
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| Opposite | Compound | Dentated |
Pinnate | Elliptic |
| Flowers | |
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| Inflorescence | Structure | Fruit |
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| Dioecious Flowers | Apetalous | Seed Pod |
| Soil |
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| Type | Roots |
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| Dry | Primary |