Scientific Name
Fraxinus
Common Name
Ash

Characteristics

ID hints
Leaves pinnately compound** (entire)
- Leaves opposite*
- Leaflets 5 or 7
Leaflets green above, pale below (toothed)
- Leaflets entire or toothed
Fruits are winged samaras**
- Wing terminal on 1 seed***
- Terminal clusters on twigs

4-H Horticulture Contest, Dr. Alice B. Russell, Dr. Paul R. Fantz, and Larry Bass, Department of Horticultural Science, NC Cooperative Extension Service, NC State University. All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell. Computer programming by Miguel A. Buendia, graphics by Brad Capel.

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