Green Ash
Green Ash
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Tree Name:
Green Ash
Species:
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Height Average:
60-70 ft tall
Leaves:
Opposite, pinnately compound, 6-9 inches long, with 7-9 toothed, elliptical to lance-shaped leaflets, green above and smooth to slightly fuzzy below.
Dangers:
Dangers:
It is seriously threatened in some areas by the Emerald Ash borer, a beetle introduced accidentally from Asia to which it has no natural resistance.
Values & Uses:
Values & Uses:
The wood is heavy, hard, rather strong, brittle and coarse-grained, light brown, with a rather broad layer of lighter sapwood. It is marketed with white ash and used for tool handles, baseball bats, rough lumber, pulpwood, veneer, crates, and boxes.
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