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Riddle #6: A distinctive feature of this native hardwood tree is “squarish stems”. Can you name the tree and perhaps two other distinctions for this tree? Answer: Blue ash, Fraxinus quadrangulata The botanical name is from Latin “four-angled ash” referring to the squarish twigs. American settlers used a bluish color extracted from the twigs as a dye. Perhaps most interesting recently is the theory that healthy blue ash trees appear to have some resistance to the deadly emerald ash borer. Learn more here: https://kimmerer.com/trees/blue-ash/ https://kimmerer.com/blue-ash-and-the-emerald-ash-borer/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraxinus_quadrangulata Comments are closed.
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KWOA Wood Post: Woodland Riddle FeatureHow many times has terminology in your woodlands management plan furrowed your brow? What exactly did that service forester mean when he/she suggested releasing the canopy during an inspection of your woodlands? Is that like raising the sunroof on your convertible?? Archives
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