White Ash
(Fraxinus americana)


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Other common names: Cane Ash

French names: Frčne blanc

Family: Olive Family (Oleaceae)

Distinctive features: Tree;Compound opposite leaves, no teeth or a few rounded teeth. Patterned ridged bark (see photo).

Similar species:
  •   Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
  •   Red Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
  •   Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra)

Flowers: Spring

Leaves: Opposite/Whorled;  Compound/Divided;  Entire;  Opposite. Compound.

Habitat: Woods, fields

Books: Trees in Canada: 162   

Native/Non-native: Native

Status: Very common

Notes: There's a lot of photos, because Ash are a bit hard to tell apart.

See Also:
  •   Great Americans: Ashes & Elders, from The Monday Garden, by Sue Sweeney
  

Trees and Shrubs       Ashes    Hickories    Walnuts

This photo shows the distinctive form of Ash (in general) in the winter. Notice how the twigs are stout and obviously opposite. This is a White Ash.

The entire compound leaf, upper side.

Under side of the entire compound leaf.

Upper side of a single leaflet - very smooth.

Underside of a single leaflet; also smooth.

The main leaf stalk is segmented. In the fall it falls apart in sections.

A Winter bud. This illustrates the "white is tight" rule for White Ash. The end side buds are close up against the terminal bud.

Growth form of the leaves.

Flowers just starting to bloom (near the end of April).

Flowers in mid-May.

And another view, almost a week later.

Leaves just starting to grow at the beginning of May.

Seeds in winter.

Overall form/shape.

Typical White Ash bark. Note the pattern of the ridges. This is distinctive.

Young bark just starting to develop this pattern.

Even younger bark has only a faint hint of the patterning that it will take on later.
  

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