Other common names:
Green Ash French names:
Frêne rouge Family: Olive Family (Oleaceae) Group: Ashes Distinctive features: Tree; Twigs & leaf undersides are densely hairy. Similar species: • White Ash (Fraxinus americana) • Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra) - grows in wet areas. Flowers: Spring Leaves: Opposite/Whorled, Compound, Entire; Compound, opposite. Underside densely hairy. Habitat: Fields and Open Areas Books: Trees in Canada: 164 Native/Non-native:
Native Status:
Common.
Notes:
Red Ash and Green Ash are now considered to be the same species. All photos on this page were taken of labelled Red Ash specimens in arboretums.
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This is the distinctive feature of Red Ash - densely hairy on the underside of the leaves and along the twigs. This is a young leaf, in the spring, so it's very hairy.
Older leaves are not quite as hairy, but it's still obvious.
Another view of the underside of leaflet and leaf stalk.
Upper side of leaflet and leaf stalk.
A young leaf, upper side.
Closeup of the upper side of a leaflet.
Upper side of an entire leaf.
Underside of the same leaf.
Bark & trunk of a mature tree, looking up the trunk.
