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| Leaves - are these leaves simple or compound? How would you tell this leaves apart from those of Fraxinus texensis? | inflorescences - these are the clusters of female flowers |
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| habit and bark - this tree is found alongside rivers and streams. The bark is deeply furrowed. | these fruits (samaras) are winged around the fruit for dispersal. Notice that the wing extends along the fruit - this character helps distinguish this species from others (F. texensis, F. americana) in the same genus |
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| Opposite leaves - all members of the Oleaceae family have opposite leaves. The axillary buds at the petiole base denote the pinnately compound leaf. |
