Wayne Kunkel
Fraxinus Americana
Classification of the White Ash
White Ash
Kingdom of the White Ash is Plantae
The subkingdom is Tracheobionata
The super division is Spermatophyta
The division is Magnoliophyte
The class is Magnoliophyta
The subclass is Asteridae
Classification continued
The order is scrophulariales
The family is Oleacea
The genus is Fraxinus
The species is Americana
Range of the White Ash
Figure 1 This picture shows
the location of where the
White Ash grows. It prefers
acidic or neutral PH soil. It is
usually found in fields or
where other forests have
been cut and these have
been planted in their place.
What it looks like
The White Ash can grow up to 70 feet tall and 50
feet wide. It usually upright or rounded oval tree. It
grows in acidic to neutral soil.
Figure 2 Shows a White Ash
Bark and the leaf
Figure 3 Shows the leaf of an White Ash
which clearly shows how white the
underside of a leaflet is.
The bark looks very similar to the Red Ash when it
gets mature and doesn’t get that flaky look.
Figure 4 Shows the bark of
a White Ash
The leaf is a compound leaf. It is also pinnate. The
leaflets are opposite of each other and have 5-11
leaflets usually.
Twig and bud
The twig is thicker then the other ash trees in
general making it a bit more noticeable in
winter. The leaf scars are a distinct U shape
differing from the D shape of the Green Ash
tree.
Figure 5 Shows the twig and
bud area
Flower and fruit
The flowers and fruit are very similar to
the Green Ash. The White Ash has male
and female flowers.
The fruit as the Green Ash has is a seed
anchored to a wing. It spins when it falls.
Figure 8 Shows the
fruit of a White Ash
clearly showing the
wing like parts of it.
Figure 7 Shows
a flower of the
White Ash.
References, Pictures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fraxinus
_americana_map.png figure 1
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pKf1z60qAhA/
SXJO3ilzp1I/AAAAAAAAAz4/J3nzeYA0
RbA/s400/WhiteAsh825WFront.jpg
Figure 2
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/trees/
WhiteAsh/tabid/5331/Default.aspx figure
3, figure 4,5,6
References, Pictures
http://www.oplin.org/tree/fact%20pages/
ash_white/ash_white.html fruit figure 8
References, Text
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraxinus was
used for classification
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/trees/
WhiteAsh/tabid/5331/Default.aspx used
for identifying features and tree shape
http://www.oplin.org/tree/fact%20pages/
ash_white/ash_white.html used along
with the above
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