Ashes

White ash is the most common ash on school grounds in Virginia. It grows both wild and cultivated. Ash trees are characterized by compound leaves, catkins, winged seeds, opposite branching, and large leaf scars. Ashes are of moderate importance to wildlife.
Producer
Consumers

Herbivores
Ash sawflies (leaves)
Leaf rollers (leaves)
Beaver (seeds and wood)
Wood duck (seeds)

Omnivores
Bobwhite (seeds and insects)

Carnivores
Disease
Anthracnose (leaves)

Decomposers
Lucidus root and but rot (roots and heartwood)

ashes (producer) => sawfly (herbivore) => warbler (carnivore)

 

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