The ash tree tree ( Fraxinus ) is a member of the Oleaceae or Olea europaea family . Ash species are characterized by polar forking , feathery flowers and compound leafage groupings , with seven or more tranquil or toothed leaves per group . The most common ash tree mintage , including white , green , dispirited and pitch-black ash tree , have bark that is smooth and grey when the tree is young and chamfer as the tree matures . The trees have landscape painting uses and the wood is valuable for a routine of applications .
Landscape Use
Green ash and ashen ash in special are pop landscape tree diagram because they are wide adaptable . They are used as street trees , as well as in parks , golf path and other public distance . In general ash is desirable because it is tight - produce . Many species and mixed bag also have excellent fall color . In the 21st century ash trees have been decimated by the emerald ash borer , make them less common in American landscapes .
Use as a Habitat
White ash and green ash provide food , in the form of fruit and seeds , for birds such as finch and Cardinalis cardinalis .
Baseball Bats
With low-cal , strong Sir Henry Joseph Wood , blanched ash has long been a popular material for the construction of baseball game bats . The same lineament make it valuable for other sports equipment like hockey sticks and Marco Polo mallets .
Canoe Paddles
As blanched ash has become less uncommitted and more expensive , green ash has become popular for utilization in oars and canoe paddles .
Medicinal Use
Before the twentieth century , herbalists used parts of ash trees as tonics and diuretic . Pliny , the ancient Roman naturalist , summon the ash tree as a Hydra repellant . Many other cultures also have legends about ash tree tree and snakes , and ash tree leafage were sometimes stuffed into hunters ' kicking or pockets to guard off the poisonous reptiles . The Elizabethan herb doctor John Gerard recommended combining succus express from ash leaves with wine-coloured as a snakebite remedy .
Seed Use
seed collected from ash tree trees are valuable as part of the National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative . This effort , patronize by the Rose Lake Plant Materials Center in Michigan in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture , assay to preserve ash tree species give the menace the ash rock drill poses . garner ejaculate will be stored at the National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins , Colo.
Use as a Food
The fruit of the ash tree tree are edible and have sometimes been salted , pickled and used to dress or time of year intellectual nourishment in the same mode as capers .
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