Family: Oleaceae
Scientific Name: Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Common Name: Green Ash
Description | The native green Ash is not used much in the landscape. It has been superseded by many of the newer cultivars |
Pronunciation | (FRACK-si-nus)(pen-sil-VA-ni-ka) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average, adaptable |
Flowers | not ornamental |
Fruit | single winged samara |
Leaves | green, opposite, pinnately compound with 5-9 leaflets fall inconsistent, have seen years with a nice yellow |
Dimensions | 50-60 feet tall by 1/2 the spread |
Maintenance | Emerald Ash bore is causing many trees to die. |
Propagation | seeds |
Author's Notes | This is a common native tree in southeastern Wisconsin (USA). |
Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr),
#93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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