Fraxinus pennsylvanica

• BOTANICAL NAME: Fraxinus pennsylvanica
• PRONUNCIATION: FRAK-si-nus pen-sil-VAN-i-ka
• COMMON NAME: Green Ash
• FAMILY: Oleaceae
• NATIVITY: Southern Canada to Texas, eastern U.S. to Minnesota; greatest range for a native ash.
• GROWTH HABIT: Pyramidal in youth, becoming an open, upright oval, 50'- 60' (80') tall; not rounded as F. americana. Fast growth rate.
• HARDINESS: Zone 3-9
• CULTURE: Well-drained soil in full sun; tolerant of light shade, drought and poor soils. Will grow in wet soils.
• SUCCESSIONAL STATUS:  Seral
• FACULTATIVE STATUS: Facultative Wetland
• LANDSCAPE USE: Adaptable to many situations. Produces heavier shade than other ashes. Seeds are a detriment.
• FOLIAGE: Opposite, pinnately compound, 5-9 ovate to lanceolate leaflets of equal size. Leaflets 2"-5" long, normally serrate margins. More lanceolate than F. americana. Shiny green in summer, may be yellow in fall.
• BUDS: Rounded, dark-brown, set above leaf scar. Leaf scar straight at top.
• BARK: Similar to F. americana.
• FRUIT: Samara, 1"-2" long.
• PROPAGATION: Seed. Cultivars are budded.
• PESTS: Borers, scale, rust.
• CULTIVARS:
  • +'Marshall's Seedless' - Male tree with shiny dark-green foliage. Good yellow fall color.
  • +'Summit' - Good yellow fall color.

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