The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties / First Edition

by Charles H. Snow

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Remarks.

Excrescences known as burls; their distorted grain causes them to be prized for veneers. The most northerly of ash-trees; one of the most slender of trees. [p033]

Green Ash. Fraxinus lanceolata Borkh. Fraxinus viridis Michx. f.

Nomenclature. (Sudworth.)

Green Ash (local and common name).

Blue Ash (Ark., Iowa).

White Ash (Kans., Neb.).

Ash (Ark., Iowa).

Swamp Ash (Fla., Ala., Tex.).