Tree identification: ash

Self-tutoring about trees one encounters: the tutor mentions an ash tree he saw.

One of the fun things about visiting Victoria is its variety of trees. We visited there Saturday (see my post here), where we parked at a city lot. Beside one entrance to that lot was a mature ash tree, perhaps two feet in diameter.

The ash trees I know have odd-pinnately compound leaves, can reach two to three feet in diameter, and grow tall enough that one can’t easily see the top from the sidewalk.

I suspect this tree was a white or green ash; from its bark, I’d say white. To my knowledge, said tree wouldn’t grow in Victoria natively, but, like so many other trees, lives very well there. Its graceful leaves, already fully developed by May 17, suggest the mildness of the climate down there.

Source:

Brockman, C.F., Merrilees, R., Zim, H.S. (1968). A Guide to Field Identification: Trees of North America. Golden Press, New York.