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Blue Ash
(Fraxinus quadrangulata)
Leaves are alternate, simple, double-toothed with equal leafbase.
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The Blue ash is a medium to large-sized tree that is usually 40 to 60 feet tall, but can attain a height of 150 feet with a trunk diameter of 3 feet. It is the only eastern ash with square twigs. The leaves are 8 to 12 inches long with 7 to 11 leaflets, 3 to 5 inches long, oval or lance shaped, and finely toothed margins.
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The fruit is 1 1/2 inches long, oblong shaped with a wing to the base of the seed. The bark is gray colored with fissures that seperate scaly or shaggy plates. The inner bark will release a blue dye when crushed and soaked in water - and this is why it is called the Blue ash.
Blue ash can be found in southern Ontario, Michigan to southern Wisconsin and southeastern Iowa, south to West Virginia, Alabama, and northeastern Oklahoma. Blue ash are less common than White ash; however, the two can be found together on high quality soil.
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