In late October of 2023 I came upon a newly planted tree of this Chinese Red Ash. It was in good golden fall color. It bore compound leaves of about 6 to 10 inches long and with 7 to 11 leaflets. The leaflets had very short stalks and the leaf had an enlarged base. The leaves are supposed to have a grayish-green color during the growing season. It is native to central China and Japan. Otherwise, I have never seen this species before and don't know much about it. it was in the Olive Family Collection on the west side of Morton Arboretum in northeast Illinois in USDA Zone 5a. The Emeral Ash Borer from China killed off most of the American and European Ash species in this collection so that it is sort of bare. Two mature Blue Ash, one smaller Purple Autumn White Ash, and one small European Ash are left.

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