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White Ash (Fraxinus americana)

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Forest Types: Oak-Hickory, Beech-Maple, So. Riverine, Appalachian Cove

Range

Bark dark grayish brown, deeply cut into X-shapes; leaves compound, with 5-9 candle-flame-shaped, smooth-edged leaflets; growing east of the Great Plains.

by Michael Kuo

Habitat: Varied; surviving well in several different forest types; fond of moist soil, but able to survive elsewhere; growing east of the Great Plains.

Stature: 50-80 feet high; to 3 feet in diameter; with an open crown. See Recognizing Ash Trees in Spring, for morel hunters, for an extensive discussion of white ash stature.

Leaves: Compound; composed of 5-9 leaflets arranged more or less in pairs, with a single leaflet at the end; leaflets dark green, candle-flame-shaped; edges smooth; stemlets to 1/2 inch long.

Bark: Dark grayish; deeply cut into X-shapes (or "diamond" shapes, depending on your perspective).

Source: Preston, R. J. (1989). North American Trees. Ames: Iowa State UP.

Frequent Mushroom Associates:

Gyrodon merulioides is exclusive to white ash. Black Morels and Yellow Morels are frequently found under ash--in fact, where Fraxinus americana occurs, there is no other habitat more likely to produce morels as consistently.

Further Online Information:

White Ash USFS Fact Sheet (PDF file)
White Ash at eNature
White Ash at Pennsylvania DCNR

 		 

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