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Wind Cave National Park
Trees - Green Ash
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| NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz |
| Green Ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
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Green Ash is usually found in bottom lands but it grows well when planted in moist uplands. It is one of the most successful planted hardwoods in the Great Plains. Birds, deer, and rabbits feed on it.
Plains Indians found many uses for Green Ash wood including bows, arrows, drums, meat drying racks, and tipi pins and pegs.
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Did You Know?
Fire is an important factor in protecting the prairie. Historically, fires burned across the prairie every 4 to 7 years. Fires burn the small trees that march across the prairie turning the grasslands to forest.
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Last Updated: September 16, 2007 at 11:51 EST |
