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Fraxinus americana



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Fraxinus americana
American ash

Stout and smooth, the young stems are shiny greenish-brown with a slight bloom and tan lenticels. Old stems turn gray. The stems are slightly flattened at the nodes and the leaf scars are narrow sickle shaped, wrapping around the lateral buds.

 
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