[header] How to identify an ash tree [title] Pull down a branch from the tree so that you can view it more easily. [step] You can also pick up a dead stick that has already fallen to the ground. [title] View whether the branches have opposite branching. 
[step] This means that branches originate from the same point when they extend from the main branch. Other trees have alternate branching, with branches alternating left and right as they grow from the main branch.