tree Identification: Tree ID's -- Hardwoods

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The Ash's

The White Ash

The Green Ash

(Fraxinus americana)

White ash is the largest of the ashes native to North America. Its growth is very responsive when growing in rich soils but is never a dominant forest species. Ash has been a part of American sports since the 1890s when Louisville Slugger started manufacturing a baseball bat with ash. Ash is still considered the best baseball bat material to use.

Leaves: opposite , pinnately compound , without teeth .
Bark: gray and furrowed.
Fruit: a single winged key hanging in clusters.

White ash Images(courtesy of ForestryImages.org)

White Ash Habitat and Culture(silvics courtesy of Silvics Manual, USFS)
Fire Effects On White Ash(courtesy of U.S. Forest Service, Fire Effects)
North American Timber Types(courtesy About Forestry)
The Great American Hardwood Forest(courtesy About Forestry)
From Virginia Tech w/Photos(Big List courtesy of VT Dendrology)

Recent Champion:

95' height, 82' spread, 304" circumf.,

Palisades, NYNational Register of Big Trees

The Green Ash
(Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), also called red ash, swamp ash, and water ash, is the most widely distributed of all the American ashes. Naturally a moist bottom land or stream bank tree, it is hardy to climatic extremes and has been widely planted in the Plains States and Canada. The commercial supply is mostly in the South. Green ash is similar in property to white ash and they are marketed together as white ash. The large seed crops provide food to many kinds of wildlife. Due to its good form and resistance to insects and disease, it is a very popular ornamental tree.

Green ash Images(courtesy of ForestryImages.org)