Scientific name: Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Family: ALEACEAE
Common names: “Green ash” “White ash” “American ash”
Plant Type: Deciduous tree
Conditions:
Zone: 4-9
Light: Full sun
Exposure: Exposed or Sheltered
Soil: Neutral – alkaline soils
Moisture: Moist well drained
Aesthetic:
Plant Size: 30-70′ H & W
Leaf and Stem shape: Pinnate leaves with 5-7-9 leaflets, turning yellow in the fall
Flower: Flowers appear after leaves, followed by winged single seeded fruits on female trees
Pruning: Minimal
Maintenance: Low
Landscape use: Boulevard and roadside planting, park tree
Propagate: By seed and cuttings
Pests & Disease: Currently no Emerald ash borer in the Pacific Northwest but it may migrate this way in the future
Comments: More common in colder areas, native to eastern and central North America
Cultivars: F. ornus – “Flowering ash” – more common as a boulevard tree
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