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Fraxinus excelsior



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Fraxinus excelsior
European ash

Opposite and pinnately compound, the 10-12"-long leaves are a dark green with a light green underside. Each of the 7-11 leaflets is lanceolate to narrow elliptic, sessile and serrate, with an acuminate apex and cuneate to rounded base.

 
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