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Fraxinus pennsylvanica ~ green ash

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Characteristics:

• FACW

• Michigan C Value: 2

• typical of bottomland forest

• bud scar often straight across

• leaves can be pubescent

• leaflets may be paler green beneath than above, but are generally not as whitish as typical F. americana (white ash)

• twigs may be pubescent

• leaflets typically have very short petiolules

• generally no waxy flakes or strips peeling from year old twigs (as is typical of F. americana)

• also known as "red ash"

• native