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Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra Marsh.): Local Ecological Knowledge of Site Characteristics and Morphology Associated with Basket–Grade Specimens in New England (USA)1

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    Allaire K. Diamond

  2. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Burlington, VT, USA

    Marla R. Emery

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Diamond, A.K., Emery, M.R. Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra Marsh.): Local Ecological Knowledge of Site Characteristics and Morphology Associated with Basket–Grade Specimens in New England (USA)1 . Econ Bot 65, 422–426 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-011-9174-z

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