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Ashes

Botanical name: Fraxinus

Ashes
Botanical name: Fraxinus
Ashes (Fraxinus)

Description

Ashes are trees commonly used in manufacturing to make products ranging from baseball bats to wooden tools to archery bows. They also make for good firewood. These trees figure prominently in some cultures' mythology. In Norse legend, for example, the world's first man is said to have been formed from the wood of an ash tree. Ashes are commonly grown throughout the world.

Species of Ashes

Common ash 'Westhof's Glorie'

Common ash 'Westhof's Glorie'

Common ash 'Westhof's Glorie' is a Common ash cultivar known for its speedy growth. It offers smooth, gray bark and dense foliage that is light green to gray-green. Leaves turn brown-yellow in autumn. This tree is a popular choice for avenues, parks, windbreaks, and squares as it is very resistant to wind, resistant to frost, and resistant to de-icing salt.
Common ash 'Jaspidea'

Common ash 'Jaspidea'

Where the Common ash frequently grows to 18 m, common ash 'Jaspidea' reaches only 12 m even after 50 years. This hybrid has striking yellow leaves in contrast to the green of the parent tree. Jaspidia is named after the Latin word for Jasper.
Griffith's ash

Griffith's ash

Griffith's ash (Fraxinus griffithii) is a plant species that flowers from May to June. Griffith's ash is native to the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, China, Bangladesh and India. This species is cultivated as an ornamental plant in Australia.
Green ash

Green ash

If you are looking for an excellent shade tree, consider planting a green ash. This tree is capable of completely blocking sunlight with its dense canopy of compound leaves, which make a brilliant yellow display in the fall. Aggressive growth of over 61 cm per year makes this a tree that can quickly be providing shade in your backyard.
Velvet ash

Velvet ash

The velvet ash is a tree native to the Southwestern United States and parts of Mexico. It is commonly found on streambanks and is used as a soil stabilizer. The velvet ash is a deciduous tree that blooms in the spring with yellow flowers. It has a moderate growth rate and matures between 9 m and 12 m tall.
Tropical ash

Tropical ash

The seeds of tropical ash (*Fraxinus uhdei*) are commonly known as helicopter seeds. The genus name of “Fraxinus” is Latin for “ash.” The specific epithet “uhdei” is in honor of Carl Uhde, a German plant collector.
White ash

White ash

White ash is a species of ash tree native to North America. Its leaves turn distinctly bright yellow or red in the autumn. *Fraxinus americana* is a fast-growing pioneer species that often inhabits riparian zones, and fragmented and disturbed habitats. It is similar in appearance to green ash (Fraxinus americana) and sometimes it is hard to tell between the two.
Common ash

Common ash

Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is a large deciduous tree featured in Norse mythology and Scottish folklore. Common ash is native to mainland Europe. This species is susceptible to the disease Ash dieback which is caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Common ash often grows in basic soils on calcareous substrates.
Chinese ash

Chinese ash

Chinese ash is a species of flowering tree common to China. This deciduous tree is often grown for the wax scales that cover its bark. It can grow up to 15 m tall.
Pumpkin ash

Pumpkin ash

Pumpkin ash, or Fraxinus profunda, is a species of ash tree that grows mainly in swamps in the eastern United States. This medium-sized deciduous tree is critically endangered because the feeding habits of the emerald ash borer has caused a decline in pumpkin ash population.
Texas ash

Texas ash

The leaves are 13 to 20 cm long, pinnately compound with usually five rounded leaflets 3 to 8 cm long and 2 to 5 cm broad. The flowers are purple, produced in small clusters in early spring; like all ashes, is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. The fruit is a samara 1.5 to 3 cm long, with an apical wing.
Carolina ash

Carolina ash

Carolina ash are trees commonly used in manufacturing to make products ranging from baseball bats to wooden tools to archery bows. They also make for good firewood. These trees figure prominently in some cultures' mythology. In Norse legend, for example, the world's first man is said to have been formed from the wood of an ash tree. Carolina ash are commonly grown throughout the world.
Fraxinus chinensis subsp. rhynchophylla

Fraxinus chinensis subsp. rhynchophylla

Fraxinus chinensis subsp. rhynchophylla are trees commonly used in manufacturing to make products ranging from baseball bats to wooden tools to archery bows. They also make for good firewood. These trees figure prominently in some cultures' mythology. In Norse legend, for example, the world's first man is said to have been formed from the wood of an ash tree. Fraxinus chinensis subsp. rhynchophylla are commonly grown throughout the world.
Black ash

Black ash

Black ash (Fraxinus nigra) is a deciduous tree that grows to 12 to 15 m tall. It has an attractive dark gray or brown bark and its limbs ascend upward to form a small canopy. It prefers full sun to partial shade and thrives in cold climates. It is adaptable to wet sites but is susceptible to emerald ash borer.
Manna ash

Manna ash

Manna ash (Fraxinus ornus) is a deciduous tree that will grow from 15 to 25 feet tall. It blooms from spring to summer with showy clusters of white flowers. Thrives in full sun with moist to dry well-drained soil. Requires both male and female trees in order to produce seed.
Manchurian ash

Manchurian ash

Manchurian ash are trees commonly used in manufacturing to make products ranging from baseball bats to wooden tools to archery bows. They also make for good firewood. These trees figure prominently in some cultures' mythology. In Norse legend, for example, the world's first man is said to have been formed from the wood of an ash tree. Manchurian ash are commonly grown throughout the world.
Chinese flowering ash

Chinese flowering ash

The height of the trunk will be 5 to 15 m. The young branches are green the shoots inflorescences and petiole have fine hairs and will turn gray the following year. The leaves are opposite to the branches with long petioles and are odd-numbered compound leaves composed of 3-5 (-7) leaves. The tip of the leaf is sharp and the base is distorted wedge-shaped the length of the blade is (3-) 5 to 10 cm and the width is about 1.5 to 3.5 cm. Normally white hair grows along the middle vein of the back of the leaf but it spring become hairless later. The edges of the leaves are almost full and the saw teeth are indistinct and wavy. The flowering season is in spring. This year several panicles are opposed to the tops and axils of the branches and the four white petals bloom densely. The petals are linear and about 6 to 7 mm long. There are two stamens in both male and female flowers (amphibian) and one pistil in female flowers (amphibian). Fruits are 2 to 2.5 cm long wings.
Blue ash

Blue ash

Blue ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata) is a flowering plant species that is indigenous to the midwestern United States. Blue ash grows in moist valley soils and serves as an important food source for frogs.
Narrow-leaved ash

Narrow-leaved ash

Narrow-leaved ash (Fraxinus angustifolia) is a deciduous tree that will grow from 18 to 24 m tall. It blooms in spring with small greenish flowers. Fast-growing with small narrow leaves that have a lacy-textured appearance and turn to a beautiful golden yellow in fall. Winged seeds ripen in fall. It grows in full sun with moist to medium well-drained soil.
Oregon ash

Oregon ash

Fraxinus latifolia is a native of the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. Part of its Latin name, 'latifolia' means wide leaves. This tree has wider leaves than other species of ash. Oregon ash can grow to heights of 18 m to 24 m in height, with a trunk diameter of 41 to 76 cm.
California ash

California ash

California ash are trees commonly used in manufacturing to make products ranging from baseball bats to wooden tools to archery bows. They also make for good firewood. These trees figure prominently in some cultures' mythology. In Norse legend, for example, the world's first man is said to have been formed from the wood of an ash tree. California ash are commonly grown throughout the world.
Chihuahuan ash

Chihuahuan ash

Chihuahuan ash are trees commonly used in manufacturing to make products ranging from baseball bats to wooden tools to archery bows. They also make for good firewood. These trees figure prominently in some cultures' mythology. In Norse legend, for example, the world's first man is said to have been formed from the wood of an ash tree. Chihuahuan ash are commonly grown throughout the world.
Single-leaf ash

Single-leaf ash

Single-leaf ash are trees commonly used in manufacturing to make products ranging from baseball bats to wooden tools to archery bows. They also make for good firewood. These trees figure prominently in some cultures' mythology. In Norse legend, for example, the world's first man is said to have been formed from the wood of an ash tree. Single-leaf ash are commonly grown throughout the world.
Goodding's ash

Goodding's ash

Goodding's ash are trees commonly used in manufacturing to make products ranging from baseball bats to wooden tools to archery bows. They also make for good firewood. These trees figure prominently in some cultures' mythology. In Norse legend, for example, the world's first man is said to have been formed from the wood of an ash tree. Goodding's ash are commonly grown throughout the world.
Fraxinus platypoda

Fraxinus platypoda

It grows along rocky swamps and grows up to about 1 m in diameter and about 30 m in height. The bark is a slightly brownish grayish white with relatively regular vertical rifts. Twigs are thick.
Raywood ash

Raywood ash

It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20 to 30 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter. The bark is smooth and pale grey on young trees, becoming square-cracked and knobbly on old trees. The buds are pale brown, which readily distinguishes it from the related Fraxinus excelsior (black buds) even in winter.
Mexican ash

Mexican ash

Mexican ash are trees commonly used in manufacturing to make products ranging from baseball bats to wooden tools to archery bows. They also make for good firewood. These trees figure prominently in some cultures' mythology. In Norse legend, for example, the world's first man is said to have been formed from the wood of an ash tree. Mexican ash are commonly grown throughout the world.
Ashes (Fraxinus) Ashes (Fraxinus)

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