Green Ash
Scientific Name:Fraxinus pennsylvanica
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NOTES: In contrast to White Ash, leaflets have short stalks, lack whitened undersides, and have leaf scars flattened at the top (White Ash has U-shaped leaf scars notched at the top). MADBUCK (Maple, Ash, Dogwood, and Buckeye) mnemonic useful for remembering Ohio's four native trees with opposite leaves/branching. Dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants).   
MADBUCK: Maple, Ash, Dogwood, and Buckeye) acronym for Ohio's four native trees with opposite leaves/branching.

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Green Ash
Genus species: Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Common Name: Green Ash
Family Name: Oleaceae  
Deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs or trees; leaves opposite, simple or compound; flowers bisexual or unisexual, regular, in various inflorescences; fruit a drupe, capsule, or samara.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Tree
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Nature Playscape
Identified by:A. Swanson

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