Green Ash
(Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

Other common names: Red Ash

French names: Frêne rouge

Family: Olive Family (Oleaceae)

Group: Ashes

Distinctive features: Tree;Twigs & leaf underside smooth

Similar species:
  •   Red Ash (Fraxinus pensylvanica) - 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


Photographs: 10 photographs available, of which 5 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

  

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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