Leaf Identification
The leaves of the Green Ash are pinnately compund with lance-shaped leaflets. They are a dark green and turn yellow in the fall.
Twig and Bud Identification
The twig is light green-gray with scattered small white lenticels (pores). Leaves are arranged oppositely on the twig (each leaf is attached to the stem opposite another leaf). The bud is small, pointed, and colored similar to the twig.
Bark Identification
The Green Ash has gray bark with a unique diamond-shaped pattern of deep ridges.
Fruit Identification
The Green Ash has a samara (thin, winged seed pod) as a fruit; however, these samaras are not winged. Rather, they are long, thin, light green strips that contain the seed inside. They ripen in the fall.
[photo forthcoming]
Flower Identification
The flowers of the Green Ash are green. The male and female flowers are dioecious (in clusters on separate trees). The male flowers are yellow-green finger-like projections that turn purple at their tips. These flowers have no petals. The female flowers are tiny, green, and become the fruits when fertilized. Both flower in mid-spring.
[photo forthcoming]