Chionanthus virginicus

NAMING

Scientific Name: Chionanthus virginicus
Family: Oleaceae
Common: old man’s beard

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: Mesic sites, gets up into dryer sites
Range: Virginia -> Louisiana

TREE TRUNK

Size: 30 ft tall
Bark: – thin, tight

LEAVES

simple
opposite
papery
elliptical shape
margins are entire
glaborous
peticle have a darker coloration with grove on the top

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: long, lacy, white flowers
Fruit: blue/black feed

USES

Wildlife – eat the fruit

Commercial – ornamental

TOLERANCES

Shade: yes
Salt: no
Fire: low
Flood: low
Drought: medium

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Photo source: http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/class/for356/species/Fraxinus_pennsylvanica.html

Photo source: http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/class/for356/species/Fraxinus_pennsylvanica.html

Photo source: http://classes.hortla.wsu.edu/hort231/List05/FraxPenn.html

Photo source: http://www.carolinanature.com/trees/frpe.html

NAMING

Scientific Name: Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Family: Oleaceae
Common: green ash

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: Wet sites, river floodplains, swamp
Range: Canada, Rockies -> Eastern US

TREE TRUNK

Size: Up to 100ft tall
Bark: Straight trunk with high limbs, sometimes swollen base. Bark is corky, soft with interlacing braid pattern.
Twigs: Terminal buds are short and blunt. Axillary buds are very visible. *Leaf scar is in the shape of a Knight’s shield*

LEAVES

Leaf arrangement: opposite
Leaf type: odd-pinnately compound
Leaf margin: can be serrate or crenate, but mostly entire
Leaf shape: oblong -> elliptical ->olanceolate
Leaf blade length: 2 to 4 inches long
Leaf venation: pinnate
Leaf color: dark green above
Leaf persistence: deciduous

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: inconspicuous
Fruit: semara (single winged seed)

USES

Wildlife – small mammals and birds eat the seeds, beavers use bark for damming

Commercial – hardwood markets (good for furniture and veneers)

TOLERANCES

Shade – Mod
Salt – Low
Fire – Mod
Drought – Mod
Flood – Mod