Green Ash
 

Mature Size, Growth, Longevity

Average mature size of 50-60' tall and 25-30' wide. Fast growth rate. Lives 100-150 years.

Native Range

Kentucky Native — Species native Nova Scotia to Manitoba, south to Florida and Texas.

Flower and Fruit Details

Flowers are dioecious, light green to purplish, usually unisexual, apetalous, both sexes appearing in panicles before the leaves, calyx minute, campanulate, corolla absent. Fruits are samaras, 1-2" long body, rounded in cross section, looking similar to a canoe paddle.

Leaf and Bark Features

Yellow fall color, however extremely varied. Bark is ash gray to gray-brown, furrowed into close diamond-shaped areas seperated by narrow interlacing ridges. On very old trees it becomes slightly scaly along the ridges.

Culture and Care

Easily transplanted. Best growth when in deep, moist, well-drained soils, pH adaptable, full sun. Susceptible to leaf rust, leaf spots, cankers, dieback, ash borer, lilac leaf miner, lilac borer, carpenter worm, brown-headed ash sawfly, fall webworm, ash flower gall, oyster shell scale, and scurfy scale.

Strengths, Weaknesses, Other Facts

Used extensively in urban landscaping due to its adaptability, can be found almost anywhere.

Taxa and Plants of this Species at BCA