Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Deciduous-Trees
(Detailed plant information can be found at the bottom of the page.)
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica Plant Information
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name: | Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
| Common Name: | green ash |
| Family: | Oleaceae |
| Suggested Uses: | street tree, lawns, parks, golf courses, commercial areas |
| Characteristics | |
| Height: | 50 - 60 feet tall |
| Foliage: | opposite, deciduous, odd pinnately compound with 5 to 9 leaflets axillary bud is on top of the leaf scar and can be seen can have good yellow Fall leaf color. |
| Flower: | dioecious |
| Fruit: | samara that is 1 to 2 inches long and looks like small canoe paddle |
| Bark: | ash gray to brown older trees will have diamond shaped furrows |
| Environment | |
| Sun: | full sun |
| Water: | drought-tolerant |
| Soil: | tolerates alkaline soils |
| USDA Zone: | zone 3 - 9 |
| Additional Notes: | tolerates wind ‘Patmore' and ‘Marshall's Seedless' are popular cultivars |
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