White Ash
Fraxinus americana L.
- light
- Any light
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 27 m
- wide
- 19 m
Oleaceae
Also called White ash, American ash, American Ash
Formerly Aplilia macrophyla, Calycomelia acuminata, Calycomelia alba, Calycomelia americana, and 30 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- E. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Sun or shadeRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 18 m to 37 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 m to 23 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Purple, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (8)
- French
- frêne blanc, frêne d'Amérique, franc frêne
- Slovenian
- ameriški jesen
- Czech
- jasan americký
- Finnish
- Valkosaarni
- Italian
- Frassino bianco americano
- Turkish
- Amerika dişbudağı
- Chinese
- 美国白梣
- Simplified Chinese
- 白梣, 美国白梣, 美国白蜡树
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.0
- 3D model: Fraxinus americana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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