Author Topic: Ash trees (Read 4555 times)

David_c · « **on:** August 31, 2003, 08:18:33 am »

for the life of me i have no idea what an ash tree looks like evrn though i have most likly seen thousands of them. if someone has some pictures they would'nt mind posting young and old it would be greatly appreciated.

Jeff · « **Reply #1 on:** August 31, 2003, 10:37:29 am »

Ash is really in the news right now, at least in Michigan due to the infestation of the emerald ash borer. In fact this weekend the DNR has Firewood check station set up along many north bound highways trying to stop the flow of possibly infected ash to the north. Uninformed people will haul thier bug killed ash north as firewood at parks and cabins and can spread the infestation.

Here is a picture of an ash tree showing the effects of woodpecker damage and a link to a thread with more pictures.

http://www.forestryforum.com/cgi-bin/board/YaBB.pl?board=Business;action=display;num=1028133716

David_c · « **Reply #2 on:** August 31, 2003, 10:41:21 am »

thank you jeff do they bear any mast or fruit?

Minnesota_boy · « **Reply #3 on:** August 31, 2003, 10:43:15 am »

Ash looks exactly like a bur oak.....only different. I have to look close to tell one from the other if the leaves and branches are gone. I usually tell by the smell when I saw them.

David_c · « **Reply #4 on:** August 31, 2003, 10:45:47 am »

what do they smell like.

David_c · « **Reply #5 on:** August 31, 2003, 10:54:53 am »

just read that post and it would seem that ash borer is a nasty little bug.

Tom · « **Reply #6 on:** August 31, 2003, 12:38:05 pm »

David! You would make a good straight-man.

David_c · « **Reply #7 on:** August 31, 2003, 12:46:39 pm »

i feel like a straight-man

Tom · « **Reply #8 on:** August 31, 2003, 01:38:41 pm »

Did I hear a rim-shot in the background?

David_c · « **Reply #9 on:** August 31, 2003, 01:42:18 pm »

your some kind a joker are'nt you

Tom · « **Reply #10 on:** August 31, 2003, 02:08:36 pm »

David_c · « **Reply #11 on:** August 31, 2003, 04:56:10 pm »

Thanks for the laugh i was off computer a couple hours come back find this your allright.

L. Wakefield · « **Reply #12 on:** September 01, 2003, 05:57:06 pm »

When I first met an ash tree in WV I noticed it for being tall and straight with the grain bark very uniform in the vertical direction- and then a later time I stood back and realized the foliage just looks a bit ashen grey compared to other trees. I don't know if this is why they call it 'ash'. Now that it's in my head the signs just all come together to tell me what it is.

But we also have a good tree book that keeps teaching me more- like varieties and like that- more than one type of ash, thousands of viburnum, stuff like that.

We just found a burning bush on our place 'euonymus alatus'- it's a weird looking kind of a thing. lw

Tom · « **Reply #13 on:** September 01, 2003, 06:16:26 pm »

Did it speak to you? :-/

David_c · « **Reply #14 on:** September 01, 2003, 06:36:03 pm »

what is a good resource books on trees.
Tom the funny man dont give up your day job.

Bro. Noble · « **Reply #15 on:** September 01, 2003, 07:09:38 pm »

Hey LW,

Good to see you online

We got several kinds of euonymus. Got a burning bush at the corner of our house. My favorites are winged euonymus that are smaller than burning bushes but also turn red in the fall and grow wild. They have wings (fin-like growths) on the twigs. We also have winged elms. I had Whitepe take a picture of one for the ID forum, but he never posted it.

Tom, you're getting Louise mixed up with Moses

beenthere · « **Reply #16 on:** September 01, 2003, 07:16:20 pm »

David_P
Here is a site I ran across, referencing several sources including online, books, and CD's.

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/factsheets.cfm

Do a search on 'ash' and select one or several that might be of interest to you.

David_c · « **Reply #17 on:** September 01, 2003, 07:34:42 pm »

beenthere great site great site thanks.

Ridge_top_farm_WVa · « **Reply #18 on:** September 02, 2003, 09:37:11 pm »

I have lots of ASH on my property.

Sylvus · « **Reply #19 on:** September 12, 2003, 12:13:52 pm »

Native Michigan ashes? Try http://forestry.msu.edu/uptreeid

None of the ashes look anything like bur oak.

My favorite Michigan tree ID book is by Norman Smith; "Trees of Michigan and the Upper Great Lakes"

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Author Topic: Ash trees (Read 4555 times)