Show The e Green Ash 3 Nf r A y ti tiA A I C V J 1 f b l N Jf 1 r M Mtr tr By J. J Whitney Floyd Extension I Forester Utah State Agricultural College I The gr green grean m ash pen- pen is a ver- ver very hardy tree tre of rather rapid growth and is ig very easily transplanted The tree grows quite extensively in the intermountain region for shade shad and woodlot purposes The ash is not a large tree rarely do doss does it grow more than 60 feet high and two feet in et eter r. r Sometimes it attains a height of feet and a diameter of three feet under maximum conditions The crown is topped round-topped with 31 slender spreading ding branches covered covered cov cov- ered during the growing season I with opposite compound leaves nine to eleven cleven inches long borne on slender slander gray ashy-gray twigs The leaflets are threw three to nine inches inches in in- ches long and are about one inch broad The wood is heavy strong and rather coarse coars grained making it ita ita a valuable tree for woodlot purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses and for the production of or lumber lumb r for vehicle mal making ng or interior interior interior in in- finish It grows best on deep fertile i roil oil with ample moisture but can b bs grown Il on rather dry soil For successful growth in the fue intermountain intermountain intermountain inter- inter mountain region the tree tres should not be bee planted at elevations exceeding exceeding exceeding ex ex- feet |