Leaves: Opposite, pinnately compound up to 12 inches long
with 5-9 ovate leaflets 2 to 5 inches long and 1 to 2 inches wide. Leaf color is lustrous dark green above and below.
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Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Circumference (in.): | 131 |
| Diameter (in.): | 41.7 |
| Spread (ft.): | 70 |
| Height (ft.): | 95 |
| Total Points: | 244 |
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LOCATION
Owner: Diane Miller
Nominated by: Harry O. Yates
Accessible: Private residence, 1000
John Collier Rd. at Tallassee intersection (North fork).
Coordinates: State Plane GA W NAD 83 (Feet)
E: 2,504,613 N: 1,453,283
Notes: Although more adaptable than the similar White Ash, the Green Ash is mostly associated with wet river bottom sites. Unlike the White Ash, the Green Ash develops a upright spreading crown at maturity, with 3 to 5 main branches, and many course, twiggy small branches. The crown is extremely irregular and often quite unsightly. Because of the ease of planting and its adaptability to a variety of growing sites, the species has been probably over planted in the southern landscape. Commercially, the Green Ash is not quite as valuable as the White Ash, but it's wood is used for similar products (flooring, athletic equipment, furniture).
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Bark: Ash to gray brown, furrowed much like a hickory but
soft to the fingernail test. Very similar to white ash bark.
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