Fruit.—Ripening in early fall, and hanging in clusters into the winter; a samara or key 1-2 inches long, body nearly terete, marginless below, dilating from near the tip into a wing two or three times as long as the body.
Horticultural Value.—Hardy throughout New England; prefers a rich, moist, loamy soil, but grows in any well-drained situation; easily transplanted, usually obtainable in nurseries, and can be collected successfully. It is one of the most desirable native trees for landscape and street plantations, on account of its rapid and clean growth, freedom from disease, moderate shade, and richly colored autumn foliage. As the leaves appear late in spring and fall early in autumn, it is desirable to plant with other trees of different habit. Propagated from seed.
Plate LXXXIII.—Fraxinus Americana.
| 1. Winter buds. |
| 2. Branch with sterile flowers. |
| 3. Sterile flowers. |
| 4. Branch with fertile flowers. |
| 5. Fertile flower. |
| 6. Fruiting branch. |
Fraxinus Pennsylvanica, Marsh.
Fraxinus pubescens, Lam.
Red Ash. Brown Ash. River Ash.
Habitat and Range.—River banks, swampy lowlands, margins of streams and ponds.