Fraxinus pennsylvanica
(Green Ash)

 

Usual size is up to 70′, somewhat narrowed crown.

Leaves: deciduous, compound, opposite, about 10 to 12″ in length and consisting 7-9 leaflets that are about 5″ long, 1-2″ wide, bright green above and slightly paler below, turning yellow or sometimes purple in autumn.

Flowers: April – May, dioecious, male and female flowers on separate trees.

Fruit: Ripe in early fall, 1-2″ long, wing about 1/6″ wide.

Twigs: slender, round in cross section between nodes, leaf buds dark red-brown, sitting on top of a half-round leaf scar.

Bark: light brown when young, turning gray brown to black, flat ridges, and furrowed.

Comments: Fast growing, great fall color and tolerates a wide range of conditions.

“Fraxinus pennsylvanica” by Matt Lavin is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Fraxinus pennsylvanica” by Matt Lavin is licensed under CC BY 2.0

“Fraxinus pennsylvanica” by Matt Lavin is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Fraxinus pennsylvanica” by Matt Lavin is licensed under CC BY 2.0