Green Ash
(Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

Other common names: Red Ash
French names: Frêne rouge
Family: Olive Family (Oleaceae)
Distinctive features: Tree;Twigs & leaf underside smooth
Similar species:
  •   Red Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) - very similar. Tiny hairs on underside of leaves along veins.
  •   White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
  •   Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra) - grows in wet areas.
Flowers: Spring
Leaves: Opposite/Whorled;  Compound/Divided;  Entire;  Compound, opposite. Underside smooth.
Habitat: Bottomlands.
Books: Trees in Canada: 165   
Native/Non-native: Native
Status: Common
Notes: Red Ash and Green Ash are now considered to be the same species. All photos on this page were taken of labelled Green Ash specimens in arboretums.
See Also:
  •   Great Americans: Ashes & Elders, from The Monday Garden, by Sue Sweeney
  

Trees and Shrubs       Ashes    Hickories    Walnuts

Green Ash differs from Red Ash in that its leaf stalks, leaves, twigs, flower stalks, and fruit stalks are almost hairless.

Detail of the underside of a leaf, showing the near hairlessness.

Whole leaf, upper side.

Whole leaf, under side.

Bark.
  

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