
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Fraxinus pennsylvanica
COMMON NAME: green ash
LEAVES: Opposite and odd pinnately compound with 7 to 9 leaflets. Axillary bud is on top of the leaf scar and can be seen. Leaf scar is truncated on top. Good yellow fall color.
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BARK: Gray and ridge and furrowed.
FRUIT: Single samara up to 3" long with a wing that tapers from a wider tip down to a small seed.
OTHER: Weak limbs and fibrous rooted. Grows 60' to 80' tall. Native to low/moist sites in the eastern United States.
CULTIVARS: Several cultivars have been released such as 'Patmore', 'Marshall's Seedless', 'Newport'. Some cultivars are seedless.
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