Manchurian ash, a high-quality wood that has nothing to do with willow, veneer veneer

Manchurian ash is a large deciduous tree of the genus Ash, Oleaceae, up to 30 meters high, with thick bark, gray-brown, and longitudinal cracks. Winter buds are large, conical, black-brown, with smooth and hairless bud scales on the outside, and brown curved soft hairs on the edges and inside. The twigs are thick, yellow-brown to gray-brown, quadrangular, with enlarged nodes, smooth and hairless, and scattered round and obviously raised small lenticels; the leaf scars are node-shaped and semicircular.
(So it has nothing to do with "willow" at all, and it is not even from the Willow family) Manchurian ash is a widely used and excellent timber tree species, enjoying a very high reputation in the international market, with a price 4-5 times higher than that of coniferous species. The trunk is straight, the material is tough and dense, elastic, the texture is straight, the planed surface is smooth, the gluing and painting performance is good, and it has good decorative performance. It can be widely used in construction, aircraft, shipbuilding, instruments, sports equipment, furniture, etc.
Manchurian ash has a round and wide shape, is tall and straight, has strong adaptability, is resistant to severe cold, drought, smoke and dust, and pests and diseases, and is an excellent greening and ornamental tree species. At the same time, it can form a mixed forest with many coniferous and broad-leaved tree species to form a complex forest ecosystem, which is of great significance and role in improving the water conservation of the entire forest, maintaining water and soil, and preventing environmental deterioration.