Shade TREES

Green Ash 

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Tree Description: Medium sized tree up to 75 feet with a short trunk and a short spreading and irregular crown; intermediate shade tolerance. 

Twig/Bark: Grayish brown to gray, thick bark shallowly to moderately fissured with narrow, flat, interlacing ridges. Stout to somewhat slender twigs that are greenish brown to gray with pale lenticels, shallowly notched at the apex.

Leaf: Leaf shape is ovate to elliptic with an upper surface that is dark green and shiny and a pale green lower surface. In Fall, leaves are yellow in color. 

Flower/Fruit: Flower green in spring with emergence of leaves. In Fall, fruit is a samara with rounded wings.

Habitat: Bottomland hardwood and riparian forest, mesic upland forests, swamps, sloughs, sinkhole ponds, prairies and stream banks.

All plants, as well as size, color and cultivar, will vary based upon availability.