I was excited to come back to the bridge over the creek and find what was once a bare tree with just worn, gray branches — transformed into the beginning growth of an oregon ash (fraxinus latifolia). I could tell this because the branches, as well as the leaves, are opposite of each other. It’s amazing how much this tree had grown since a week ago, where there were barely budding green growths and now fully formed branches and leaves! The leaves are pinnately compound, with 5-7 elliptical leaflets.
