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Nov. 14, 2004
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Tree Tour: Manchurian Ash
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(Unless otherwise indicated, photos by Don of www.WascanaPark.com)
Location: (2004)
Rotary Park, west of pond.
- Botanical Name: Fraxinus mandshuica
- Medium Moisture/Sun/Attracts Wildlife
- Height & Spread: 10m x 5m
- Form: compact; upright-oval
- Leaf: light green; opposite; compound leaf; yellow fall colour
- Bark: grey; becomes furrowed with age
- Fruit: single seed with long wing that hang in clusters
- Use: good shade or boulevard tree; seeds are eaten by birds
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(Information from the City of Regina, Tree Tour Guidebook)
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