Fraxinus nigra Marshall
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Oleaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Tree to 25 m; twigs glabrous, terete or nearly so; lfls 7–11, sessile, lanceolate to oblong, long-acuminate, often conspicuously serrate, broadly acute at base; fr flat, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 2.5–4 cm × 6–10 mm, the wing rounded to emarginate, extending nearly or quite to the base; no cal beneath the fr; 2n=46. Wet woods and swamps; Nf. and Que. to Man., s. to Del., W.Va., Ind., and Io.
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Common Names
black ash