Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Green ash is a fast, adaptable native ash once planted everywhere for quick shade, with golden fall color and abundant wildlife seed. The emerald ash borer has hit it hard, so weigh that risk against its toughness.
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 50–70 ft
- Spacing
- 40–60 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline, acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- green, purple
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, pollinators
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~149 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY