The ash tree growing near the northwest corner of the Science 1 building, south of the parking lot.
This ash is
native to the oak and hickory forests of the midwest and parts of Kentucky
and Tennessee, although nowhere is it abundant. It grows in the southeastern
part of Iowa in Lee and Des Moines Counties on dry bluffs overlooking the
Mississippi and Des Moines Rivers. It is the only ash with square twigs
winged with corky ridges between the nodes. This species is the most drought-resistant
of the eastern ashes, and is usually found on dry, limestone uplands and
hillsides, but also grows on floodplains.
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