![]() They have three flights from February-November in the deep south and March-September in the north. Life Cycle: Woody Recommended Propagation Strategy: Seed Country Or Region Of Origin: Eastern North America and Mexico Distribution: Eastern canada to Minnesota to west Colorado south to Texas east to Florida north up through Maine Fire Risk Rating: low flammability Wildlife Value: This plant supports the larvae of Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilo glaucus). White ash is the wood used for the Louisville Slugger baseball bat. The wood is tough, elastic, with a pleasing grain, and is used to make tennis racquets, hockey sticks, oars, furniture, and interior floors. Attributes: Genus: Fraxinus Species: americana Family: Oleaceae Uses (Ethnobotany): The juice from leaves used on mosquito bites for relief of swelling and itching and are a prophylactic measure for snake bites.Tags: #deciduous #wildlife plant #native tree #cover plant #tsc #fall interest #rabbit resistant #attracts squirrels #small mammals #food source wildlife #cpp #fire low flammability #NC native #beavers #porcupines #deer resistant #children's garden #playground plant #pollinator plant #Braham Arboretum #fantz #nesting sites #larval host plant #food source fall #food source herbage #bird friendly #food source hard mast fruit #mammals #butterfly friendly #Piedmont Mountains FACU #Coastal FACU #tsc-t #Audubon #eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly #landscape plant sleuths course 'Autumn Applause', 'Autumn Blaze', 'Autumn Purple', 'Chicago Regal', 'Greenspire', 'Jeffnor', 'Rose Hill', 'Skycole' Grows symmetrically to 50' tall, strong central leader, lustrous green leaves turn orange or red in fall. Seedless plant is notable for its extreme hardiness and resistance to winter damage. Upright, narrow form that reaches 40' tall and 30' wide, fall color is dark orange. Maroon fall color, dense branching and gracefully drooping foliage.Ī female selection with purple fall color.Ī male selection with excellent displays of purple-red foliage in the fall.Ī vigorous grower which develops purple fall color. Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: VIDEO Created by Elizabeth Meyer for " Trees, Shrubs and Conifers" a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens. Brittle branches are susceptible to damage from high winds, snow and ice. Potential disease problems include fungal leaf spots, powdery mildew, rust, anthracnose, cankers and ash yellows. Other potential problems are ash borer, lilac borer, carpenter worm, oyster shell scale, leaf miners, fall webworms, ash sawflies and ash leaf curl aphid. Emerald ash borer will will typically kill an ash tree within 3 to 5 years after infestation and, once infestation occurs, it is difficult to eradicate. Insects, Diseases, and Other Pest Problems: Planting new ash trees is no longer recommended due to the trees' susceptibility to the emerald ash borer, a pest that feeds under the bark and bores into the wood. White ash tends to be easily transplanted and established. The cultivars of white ash are generally much more desirable than seedling trees and are well worth seeking out. It is worth considering planting female ash trees though, because the fruits are born in clusters among the foliage and add a sophisticated note of unusual dimension to the trees in late summer. Purchasing male trees will prevent you from having to deal with the fruits which can be a bit of a nuisance near a walkway. The tree produces a one-winged, dry, flattened samara with a full, rounded, seed cavity that matures in the fall.Īsh trees have male and female flowers on separate trees and only the female flowers develop into fruits. Small, light green to purple flowers, with no petals, mature in loose panicles in the spring. The bark is yellow-brown to light gray and corky with deep furrows that separate short, pointed ridges. The leaves are opposite and pinnately compound with 5 to 9 (mostly 7) leaflets. In open areas, the white ash crown is ovoid, in forested areas the crown is more narrow and pyramidal. It can also extend into the beech-birch-maple forests at 4000 to 5000 foot elevations. In the west, it is more likely to be found among yellow poplar, black cherry, basswood, and oak. In the eastern part of the state, it can typically be found with swamp chestnut, willow, cherrybark oak, loblolly pine, and sweet gum. The white ash grows best in the rich moist soils of mountain coves or river bottom lands. It usually grows to 60 to 90 feet tall with a 2 to 3 foot trunk diameter, but it can reach 120 feet tall and is the largest of the native ashes. White ash is a deciduous tree, native to North Carolina and found throughout the state except for the lower coastal region (it does not tolerate exposure to salt air). Phonetic Spelling FRAK-si-nus a-mer-ih-KAY-nah Description
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