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THE
White Ash
About the White Ash :
The White Ash tree, Fraxinus Americana, is a
handsome native tree. It develops an open and rather
round topped crown in its old age. This is the
largest of the ash trees in North America. Mature
trunks can reach almost 6 feet in diameter. This
deciduous tree has firm gray bark with
diamond-shaped furrows and interlacing ridges. The
tree grows in the rich, moist, well-drained soil of
bottomlands and other soil types on not-so-dry
slopes.
The size and value of White Ash trees makes this
one of the primary commercial hardwoods in the
United States. The wood is hard, strong, elastic,
and very useful. Several kinds of birds eat the
fruit. The foliage is dark green in the summer and
turns to yellow or maroon in the fall. It is tall,
stately, and long lived. |
