Buds: Rounded, dark brown, finely hairy, up to one-fourth inch long.
Leaves: Opposite, pinnately compound, with 7-9 leaflets; leaflets lance-shaped to elliptic, long-pointed at the tip, tapering to the base, up to 6 inches long and one-and-one-half inches wide, toothed along the edges, green and smooth on both surfaces. The leaflets turn reddish-brown or yellowish in the autumn.
Flowers: Staminate and pistillate flowers borne on separate trees, in branched clusters, appearing as the leaves begin to unfold, small, purplish, without petals.
Fruit: Lance-shaped or reversely lance-shaped, winged fruits, usually rounded at the tip, up to 2½ inches long and less than one-third inch broad, with a single seed at the base.
Wood: Hard, heavy, strong, light brown.
Uses: Interior finishing, tool handles, baseball bats; sometimes grown as an ornamental.
Habitat: Bottomland forests.
Range: Maine across to Saskatchewan and Minnesota, south to Texas, east to Florida.
Distinguishing Features: The Green Ash has leaflets which are green on both surfaces.
