The Oregon Ash is a deciduous tree that can grow to 80’ in height; it has compound leaves with 5-9 leaflets on each “leaf arm” creating an oval shape. It is now being found in Snohomish County (plants migrate) as the climate warms. It is not to be confused with the
Sitka Ash, a multi-stemmed shrub of a different genus. Ash seeds are in clusters of single winged fruit, their bark is grayish with crisscross lines leaves are opposite with grouped leaflets twigs are covered in hairs. A Tree and a member of the Oleaceae Family, it grows by Kiosk 07. Pilchuck Learning Center’s sponsored Western Washington State University SAM Project extinction possibility is slight; abundant, native to Cascadia.
http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Fraxinus+latifolia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraxinus_latifolia
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=FRLA
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-07.pdf
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Frasinus latifolia
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Fraxinus&Species=latifolia&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year
Another type of Ash is native to Cascadia, it is known as the:
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