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When you want to identify an ash tree
or determine if your tree is an ash tree,
the first thing to look for is the branching pattern on there.
The side branches come off across from each other on the main branch.
So this is what we call opposite branching.
Other trees may have what we call alternant branching
and you can see the branches are staggered.
But the main thing you really want to look for
is this opposite branching type of pattern.
The next thing to look for is the type of leaves
and ash trees have what we call a compound leaf.
And that's where you have several leaflets
attached to one green stalk that's attached to the branch.
In the case of ash they have from five to eleven,
usually about seven leaflets on one leaf.
Then on this branch of ash tree
you can see it has a lot of these seeds.
These are very characteristic for ash.
They have sort of a paddle shaped seed.
And on trees that are heavily seeding like this,
this is a good characteristic to look for.