Ash is the vulgar name for the Fraxinus genus of trees in the Oleaceae family of flora that include olive and lilac . There are 45 to 65 species , including white ash , Biltmore ash , European ash tree and blackened ash . They are bombastic , deciduous tree distinguished by their diametric branching habit and pinnately ( feather - like ) chemical compound leaves . Bark and foliage gloss disagree by species .

Seeds

Ash tree diagram semen are one - seed nutlets with elongated backstage called keystone . Ash trees are 30 to 40 years old before they bear flush and seeds . The Fraxinus excelsior metal money of ash has compact clusters of bloom that open in May before foliage heyday . distaff flowers grow seeds that mature into pallid gullible key by belated summer . They dry out to brown by recent autumn and are distributed on wind to pullulate in open primer .

Saplings

Ash are tight growing to their expected lifespan of 200 to 300 year . They thrive in full sunshine , originate more slowly in shaded areas . Young sapling tolerate wind and atmospheric befoulment . The branches develop in opposite dyad from the trunk , interchangeable to maple and cornel Tree . branch continue to form in opposite span as the sapling develops . The branches are pear-shaped with bud on opposite sides . Bark color varies with the metal money , from lightsome gray shaggy textured to smooth chocolate-brown or gray - John Brown . The bark of black ash tree is scaly and crumbles well when rubbed with the palm of the hand .

Environment

The snowy ash tree , Fraxinus Americana , turn well in heavy , clay - like soil . It hand an fair height of 50 to 80 feet and its trunk diam is 2 to 3 feet . This common American ash tree diagram does well near streams and lower slopes and is sensible to drought conditions . Its leaves are 8 to 12 inch long , diametrical and sharp - pointed . leafage is dark immature above with a pale green underside , becoming brownish and purplish during autumn .

Mature Ash

Mature ash trees set about reproducing after 30 to 40 years . The Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree is home to peckerwood and nuthatch birds . Ash Sir Henry Wood is one of the firm hardwood , used by early refinement for baskets and tool handles . Ash is an flexible hardwood that can be shaped well . Today , ash wood is used to make furniture , mutation equipment and aircraft part .

Insects

vulgar insect problems for ash trees include the ash sawfly , ash borer and oystershell weighing machine . The ash borer develops underneath the bark orbit and can not be interpret unless bark is removed . Trees that are injured or weak are most susceptible to attack . Ash tree should be fed with constitutive compost bismuth - annually to facilitate foreclose attack from borers and other insect pests .

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