{"id":248,"date":"2022-01-25T18:41:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T18:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandtrees.net\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2022-12-05T22:31:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T22:31:43","slug":"black-ashfraxinus-nigra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newenglandtrees.net\/?page_id=248","title":{"rendered":"Black Ash
Fraxinus nigra<\/em><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plant Family: <\/strong>Oleaceae
Growth Form: <\/strong>Small to medium-sized, slender tree 10 \u2013 20 meters tall.
Leaves \/ Buds:<\/strong> Opposite, compound, dark green, with 7 to 11 sessile, toothed leaflets that are long-pointed; the buds are black.
Bark:<\/strong> Light gray to brown, scaly and flaky, unlike the tightly fissured bark on other Ash trees.
Flowers:<\/strong> Monoecious, lacking petals, in clusters near the branch ends, April to June.
Fruits:<\/strong> Samaras with flattened seeds, unlike the thicker seeds of Green and White Ash.
Habitat:<\/strong> Swamps, bog edges, floodplains, prefers saturated soils.
Range:<\/strong> Not found on Cape Cod, fairly common in other parts of New England, ranging north into Canada and west to Minnesota and Iowa.
Key Features: <\/strong>Distinguished from Green<\/a> and White Ash<\/a> by the sessile leaflets, black buds, and flaky bark.
Comments: <\/strong>The wood is tough, but has a tendency to split, so it is not as commercially important as White and Green Ash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n